My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown 1989

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No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

  • Released: 1989-04-07
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, Kirsten Sheridan, Cyril Cusack, Phelim Drew, Ruth McCabe, Ray McAnally, Pat Laffan, Derry Power, Hugh O'Conor, Eileen Colgan, Britta Smith, Adrian Dunbar, Daniel Reardon, Jer O'Leary, Naomi Sheridan  Show all >
    Tom Hickey, Fiona Shaw, Darren McHugh, Julie Hale, Sarah Cronin-Stanley, Lucy Vigne Welsh, Conor Lambert, Martin Dunne, Charlie Roberts, Simon Kelly, Barry Keane
  • Director: Jim Sheridan