My Left Foot
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.
