My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.

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.

CastCrewDetailsGenres

Daniel Day-LewisChristy Brown

Brenda FrickerMrs. Brown

AAlison WhelanSheila

Kirsten SheridanSharon

DDeclan CroghanTom

Eanna MacLiamBenny

MMarie ConmeeSadie

Cyril CusackLord Castlewelland

Phelim DrewBrian

Ruth McCabeMary

Fiona ShawDr. Eileen Cole

Ray McAnallyMr. Brown

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