My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

About My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

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.

Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 drama film. It runs 103 minutes and was released in April 1989.

Its themes are author, ireland, poet, and working class. The story is adapted from real events.

Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Christy Brown, Brenda Fricker as Mrs. Brown, Alison Whelan as Sheila, and Kirsten Sheridan as Sharon. The screenplay is by Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton. Produced by Granada Television.

Saving Mr. Banks, Capote, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? make useful companions to My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, all filed under biography. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 1,068 votes and it carries a R rating.