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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Directed by Jim Sheridan
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 103 minutes
Actors
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