My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989 · Directed by Jim Sheridan

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: Fiona Shaw, Brenda Fricker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cyril Cusack, Adrian Dunbar, Jer O'Leary, Hugh O'Conor, Ray McAnally, Derry Power, Ruth McCabe

Rating: 7.545/10 from 748 votes