My Left Foot
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989, Film, 103 min, Biography, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 83
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.
Directed by Jim Sheridan
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
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