My Left Foot (1989)

Daniel Day-Lewis, Cyril Cusack, Fiona Shaw, Tom Hickey

Christy Brown is born with cerebral palsy to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs. Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous artist who uses his dexterous left foot to write and paint. ?Reid