My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
“A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.”
7.5
1989
1h 43m
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.
Key Crew
Director
Jim Sheridan
Producers
Noel Pearson
Writers
Shane Connaughton
Jim Sheridan
Cinematography
Jack Conroy
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cast (69)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Christy Brown
Brenda Fricker
Mrs. Brown
