My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Synopsis

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.

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When & where

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Daniel Day-Lewis
  as Christy Brown
• 
  Brenda Fricker
  as Mrs. Brown
• A
  Alison Whelan
  as Sheila
• 
  Kirsten Sheridan
  as Sharon
• D
  Declan Croghan
  as Tom
• 
  Eanna MacLiam
  as Benny

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