Movie
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-04-07
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown
- Brenda Fricker as Mrs. Brown
- Alison Whelan as Sheila
- Kirsten Sheridan as Sharon
- Declan Croghan as Tom
- Eanna MacLiam as Benny
- Marie Conmee as Sadie
- Cyril Cusack as Lord Castlewelland
- Phelim Drew as Brian
- Ruth McCabe as Mary
- Fiona Shaw as Dr. Eileen Cole
- Ray McAnally as Mr. Brown
Crew
- Jim Sheridan - Director
- Jim Sheridan - Screenplay
- Shane Connaughton - Screenplay
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