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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

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

19897.51h 43m

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.

Directed by Jim Sheridan
Written by Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton, Christy Brown
Produced by Noel Pearson
Box OfficeBudget: $645KRevenue: $14.7M

Top Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Christy Brown

Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker

Mrs. Brown

A

Alison Whelan

Sheila

Kirsten Sheridan

Kirsten Sheridan

Sharon

D

Declan Croghan

Tom

Eanna MacLiam

Eanna MacLiam

Benny

M

Marie Conmee

Sadie

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Lord Castlewelland

Phelim Drew

Phelim Drew

Brian

Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Mary

Themes & Keywords

bodily disabled personpoetbiographybased on true storyfootflashbackauthorworking classdisabledcerebral palsy

About My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a drama film released in 1989 exploring themes of bodily disabled person, poet, biography, based on true story, foot, flashback. Directed by Jim Sheridan, it stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan. 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.

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