My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
"A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle."
Title: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Original Title: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Release Date: 1989-04-07
Status: Released
Rating: 7.522/10 (from 946 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTΓ
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 β and no shortage of grit and determination β Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Christy Brown
Brenda Fricker
Mrs. Brown
Alison Whelan
Sheila
Kirsten Sheridan
Sharon
Declan Croghan
Tom
Eanna MacLiam
Benny
Marie Conmee
Sadie
Cyril Cusack
Lord Castlewelland
Phelim Drew
Brian
Ruth McCabe
Mary
