My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
1989-04-07 | 103 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Daniel Day-LewisChristy Brown
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Brenda FrickerBridget Fagan-Brown
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Eanna MacLiamBenny Brown
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Kirsten SheridanSharon Brown
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Cyril CusackLord Castlewelland
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Ruth McCabeMary Carr
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Fiona ShawDr. Eileen Cole
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Ray McAnallyPatrick Brown
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Pat LaffanBarman
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Hugh O'ConorYoung Christy Brown
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Adrian DunbarPeter
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