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My Left Foot

Original title: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown · Turkish title: Sol Ayağım

“A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.”

1989 · 1 h 43 min
Directed by Jim Sheridan
BiographyDrama

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis Brenda Fricker Ray McAnally

Credits

Written by: Shane Connaughton

Plot

Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy into a poor Dublin family, can only control his left foot. With the support of his mother and a doctor, Eileen Cole, he learns to communicate, paint and write, and becomes an author. Jim Sheridan's 1989 film, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker, both of whom won Academy Awards, is a moving and unsentimental account of determination.

Sinekatalog’s take

Jim Sheridan's biopic of Christy Brown, who wrote and painted with his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar, and the film is fierce and funny rather than pitying.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (86,172 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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