Movie

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

★ 7.5/10 · 1,056 votes 1989 1h 43m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis Christy Brown Brenda Fricker Mrs. Brown A Alison Whelan Sheila Kirsten Sheridan Sharon D Declan Croghan Tom Eanna MacLiam Benny