My Left Foot

P 6 +

Jim SHERIDAN
Ireland , United Kingdom
DCP
1989
Color
103min

Images Courtesy of Park Circus/ITV Studios

Nominees and Awards

★ 1990 Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Academy Awards
★ 1990 Best Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Awards

Synopsis

My Left Foot is the true story of Irish writer and cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's indomitable mother never gives up on the boy. Using his left foot, the only part of his body not afflicted, Brown learns to write. He grows up to become a well-known author, painter, and fundraiser, and along the way falls in love with nurse Mary Carr.

Team

Director

Jim SHERIDAN

Jim SHERIDAN (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, he directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). He has received six Academy Award nominations.

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Schedule

Cinema	Auditorium	Time
NEIWEI ARTS CENTER	Reel ONE	2025/10/16 Thursday 11:20
NEIWEI ARTS CENTER	Reel ONE	2025/10/20 Monday 14:00
Kaohsiung Film Archive	3F Screening Room	2025/10/25 Saturday 17:50

※ Notes: ★ With filmmakers' attendance/talks ▲ Non-English language films without English subtitles

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