My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
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- Runtime
- 103 mins
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.
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
- Brenda Fricker
- Alison Whelan
- Kirsten Sheridan
- Declan Croghan
- Eanna MacLiam
- Marie Conmee
- Cyril Cusack
- Phelim Drew
- Ruth McCabe
- Fiona Shaw
- Ray McAnally
- Pat Laffan
- Derry Power
- Hugh O'Conor
- Darren McHugh
- Owen Sharp
- Eileen Colgan
- Keith O'Conor
- Tom Hickey
- Julie Hale
- Jacinta Whyte
- Sarah Cronin-Stanley
- Jean Doyle
- Britta Smith
- Adrian Dunbar
- Lucy Vigne Welsh
- Daniel Reardon
- Conor Lambert
- Martin Dunne
- Charlie Roberts
- Jer O'Leary
- Mil Fleming
- Simon Kelly
- Eileen Kohlmann
- Margaret Lyons
- Patricia Higgins
- Hilery O'Donovan
- Don King
- Jenny Bryne
- Linda Walker
- Albert Kavanagh
- Joe Swan
- Rita Lowe
- Gerard Hourigan
- Dawn Kursinczy
- Denis O'Leary
- Lesley Ann Long
- Caromy Corcoran
- Cathy Corcoran
- Lisa Jane Rowland
- Aisling Murnane
- Audrey Diffley
- Oba Seagrave
- Colm Rowland
- Owen Sullivan
- Dean Clifford
- Sean Rowland
- Barry Keane
- Wayne Kearney
- John Mark Knight
- Deborah Pierce
- Barry Lord
- Tess Sheridan
- Fiacra Sheridan
- Eoghan O'Sullivan
- Kerry Ellen Lawlor
- Naomi Sheridan
- Emily Hodge Barker
Director
- Jim Sheridan
Producers
- Noel Pearson
Screenwriter
- Jim Sheridan
- Shane Connaughton
