My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.

Director: Jim Sheridan

Genre: Drama

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, Cyril Cusack, Phelim Drew, Ruth McCabe

  • Release date: 1989-04-07
  • Runtime: 103
  • Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
  • Budget: 600,000
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