History Film / MyLeftFoot

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''My Left Foot'' is the 1954 autobiography of Irish cerebral palsy sufferer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Brown 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 and painter.

* CompositeCharacter: In the film version, the character Dr. Eileen Cole never existed. She was supposed to represent an amalgam of several people who helped Christy. Robert Collis was his mentor in every way - in his education and physical development but, more than that, he encouraged him to paint and write. In fact, he proofread Christy's first book and contacted the publishers for him - the lot. Dr. Patricia Sheehan, who had played a very important role in Christy's development, was very much against the portrayal of Eileen Cole in the film.
* ExtremityExtremist: The protagonist, an almost-total tetraplegic who is carried around in a wheelbarrow, uses his only working appendage - guess which one - to do some damage in a BarBrawl.

* BerserkButton: Christy, when the father used physical violence against his sister.

* SophisticatedAsHell: Christy is a poet and a painter, but even he is prone to this trope. Dr. Eileen Cole, just rolls with it, when she offered to teach him speech therapy.

* ExtremityExtremist: The protagonist, an almost-total paraplegic who is carried around in a wheelbarrow, uses his only working appendage - guess which one - to do some damage in a BarBrawl.

''My Left Foot'' is the 1954 autobiography of Irish cerebral palsy victim [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Brown 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 and painter.

* TheUnfavourite: Averted. Despite the hardship he's causing, Christy gets all the parental support one can think of, especially by his mother.

The novel was made into an [[TheFilmOfTheBook Oscar-winning drama]] in 1989 directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Creator/DanielDayLewis as Christy Brown and Brenda Fricker as his mother.

* ObfuscatingDisability: Chrisite hatches a plan to get free coal by using himself to distract the coalmen while his brothers loosened the truck's tailgate, causing the coal to fall out.

The novel was made into an [[TheFilmOfTheBook oscar-winning drama]] in 1989 directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Creator/DanielDayLewis as Christy Brown and Brenda Fricker as his mother.

* GeniusCripple: The main character could only move his left foot due to cerebral palsy, but still wrote several poetry books and became a very famous in the Irish literary circles.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Christie's father. He comes across as somewhat cold at first, but when Christie writes "MOTHER" on the floor, he takes him for a drink. Perhaps his most heart of gold moment comes when he takes over from Christie's mother to build Christie a room.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Christie had 13 surviving siblings.

* SophisticatedAsHell: Christie is a poet and a painter, but even he is prone to this trope. Dr. Eileen Cole, just rolls with it, when she offered to teach him speech therapy.
--> '''Christie:''' Fuck off.
--> '''Eileen:''' If you work with me, I'll help you say fuck off more clearly.
* TheUnfavourite: Averted. Despite the hardship he's causing, Christie gets all the parental support one can think of, especially by his mother.

* BarBrawl

* OscarBait

--> "You meant Platonic love, didn't you? I've had Platonic love all me life, and you know what I say? [[AtomicFStrike FUCK PLATO]]! And fuck any love that isn't a hundred percent commitment!"

--> '''

* TheUnFavourite: Averted. Despite the hardship he's causing, Christie gets all the parental support one can think of, especially by his mother.

The novel was made into a [[TheFilmOfTheBook 1989 oscar-winning drama]] directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Creator/DanielDayLewis as Christy Brown and Brenda Fricker as his mother.

The novel was made into a 1989 oscar-winning drama directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Creator/DanielDayLewis as Christy Brown and Brenda Fricker as his mother.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Christie's father. He comes across as somewhat cold at first, but when Christie writes "MOTHER" on the floor, he takes him for a drink. Perhaps his most heart of gold moment comes when he takes over from Christie's mother to build Christie a room.
* TheFilmOfTheBook

'''''My Left Foot''''' is the 1954 autobiography of Irish cerebral palsy victim [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Brown 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 and painter.