My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1h 43m

7.5

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.

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis

Kirsten Sheridan

Lord Castlewelland

Dr. Eileen Cole

Customer in Bar

Young Christy Brown

Sarah Cronin-Stanley

Woman with Pram

Lucy Vigne Welsh

Punch & Judy Puppeteer

Charlie Roberts

Eileen Kohlmann

Patricia Higgins

Hilery O'Donovan

Albert Kavanagh

Gerard Hourigan

Lesley Ann Long

Caromy Corcoran

Lisa Jane Rowland

Aisling Murnane

John Mark Knight

Fiacra Sheridan

Eoghan O'Sullivan

Kerry Ellen Lawlor

Emily Hodge Barker

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Shane Connaughton

J. Patrick Duffner

Director of Photography

Michael Rowland

Second Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Production Design

Camera Operator

Assistant Art Director

Special Effects Coordinator

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Construction Coordinator

Jonathan Hession

Still Photographer

Grania O'Shannon

Location Manager

Patrick Condren

Terence Plummer

Stunt Coordinator

Animal Wrangler

Production Manager