My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 Ireland, United Kingdom Drama It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan. 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
- 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
