My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (2024)

2024

Drama

7.6 from 10 with total 528 votes

1989-04-07

103 minutes

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.

Daniel Day-Lewis character Christy Brown

Brenda Fricker character Bridget Fagan-Brown

Alison Whelan character Sheila Brown

Declan Croghan character Tom Brown

Eanna MacLiam character Benny Brown

Marie Conmee character Sadie Brown

Kirsten Sheridan character Sharon Brown

Cyril Cusack character Lord Castlewelland

Phelim Drew character Brian

Ruth McCabe character Mary Carr

Fiona Shaw character Dr. Eileen Cole

Ray McAnally character Patrick Brown

Pat Laffan character Barman

Derry Power character Customer in Bar

Hugh O'Conor character Young Christy Brown

Eileen Colgan character Nan

Tom Hickey character Priest

Britta Smith character Nurse

Adrian Dunbar character Peter

Daniel Reardon character Tony

Jer O'Leary character Mourner #2

Naomi Sheridan character Child