Their family living in poverty in Dublin, Christy Brown & his brothers execute a cunning heist of a coal truck to the dismay of their mother. The father's happy though, until he discovers what's been hidden in the fireplace - cash stashed to buy Christy a wheelchair. He later comes round to the idea.
Cathartic classic for which Daniel & Brenda Fricker (Christy's mum) won Oscars, 1989.
