My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Label

Release Date

07/21/1989

Director

Jim Sheridan

IMDB Rank

7.9

Brenda FrickerBridget Fagan-Brown

Alison WhelanSheila Brown

Declan CroghanTom Brown

Eanna MacLiamBenny Brown

Marie ConmeeSadie Brown

Kirsten SheridanSharon Brown

Cyril CusackLord Castlewelland

Phelim DrewBrian

Ruth McCabeMary Carr

Overview

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 be retarded for the first ten years of his life.