Overview - My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Date of release
Budget
$645,180.00
Revenue
$14,743,391.00
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Ferndale Films
Production country Ireland
Name: Granada Television
Production country United Kingdom
Name: RTÉ
Production country Ireland
Overview
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.
Cast
Name: Daniel Day-Lewis
Character: Christy Brown
Popularity: 10.271
Name: Brenda Fricker
Character: Mrs. Brown
Popularity: 8.67
Name: Alison Whelan
Character: Sheila
Popularity: 1.817
Name: Kirsten Sheridan
Character: Sharon
Popularity: 1.655
Name: Declan Croghan
Character: Tom
Popularity: 1.071
Name: Eanna MacLiam
Character: Benny
Popularity: 1.379
Name: Marie Conmee
Character: Sadie
Popularity: 1.252
Name: Cyril Cusack
Character: Lord Castlewelland
Popularity: 4.757
