My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
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.
- 7.5
- 1989
- Released
- 1h 43m
Daniel Day-Lewis
Christy Brown
Brenda Fricker
Mrs. Brown
Alison Whelan
Sheila
Eanna MacLiam
BennyMarie Conmee
Sadie
Cyril Cusack
Lord Castlewelland
Phelim Drew
Brian
Ruth McCabe
Mary
Fiona Shaw
Dr. Eileen Cole
Ray McAnally
Mr. Brown
Pat Laffan
BarmanDerry Power
Customer in Bar
Hugh O'Conor
Young Christy BrownDarren McHugh
Young BennyOwen Sharp
Young TomEileen Colgan
NanKeith O'Conor
Young Brian
Tom Hickey
Priest
Julie Hale
RachelJacinta Whyte
SallySarah Cronin-Stanley
GirlfriendJean Doyle
Woman with PramBritta Smith
Nurse
Adrian Dunbar
PeterLucy Vigne Welsh
PetraDaniel Reardon
Tony
Conor Lambert
Punch & Judy PuppeteerMartin Dunne
WaiterCharlie Roberts
Mourner #1
Jer O'Leary
Mourner #2Mil Fleming
Mourner #3Simon Kelly
LiamEileen Kohlmann
ViolinistMargaret Lyons
PianistPatricia Higgins
ViolaistHilery O'Donovan
CellistDon King
Double BassistJenny Bryne
Special ExtraLinda Walker
Special ExtraAlbert Kavanagh
Special ExtraJoe Swan
Special ExtraRita Lowe
Special ExtraGerard Hourigan
Special ExtraDawn Kursinczy
Special ExtraDenis O'Leary
ChildLesley Ann Long
ChildCaromy Corcoran
ChildCathy Corcoran
ChildLisa Jane Rowland
ChildAisling Murnane
ChildAudrey Diffley
ChildOba Seagrave
ChildColm Rowland
ChildOwen Sullivan
ChildDean Clifford
ChildSean Rowland
ChildBarry Keane
ChildWayne Kearney
ChildJohn Mark Knight
ChildDeborah Pierce
ChildBarry Lord
ChildTess Sheridan
ChildFiacra Sheridan
ChildEoghan O'Sullivan
ChildKerry Ellen Lawlor
ChildEmily Hodge Barker
Child![My Left Foot (1989) Original Trailer [HD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xj7yME23Hes/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
en
$645,180.00
$14,743,391.00
- #bodily disabled person
- #poet
- #biography
- #based on true story
- #foot
- #flashback
- #author
- #working class
- #disabled
- #cerebral palsy
Reviews
There's a pretty fine line between mimicry and acting, and acting that's natural and that which has been rehearsed to within an inch of it's life. I think it's very much the natural that Daniel Day-Lewis delivers here, as does Hugh O'Conor as his younger persona, as we learn of the upbringing of a young lad born with very limited movement and learning difficulties, but a mind that's clearly sharp