My Left Foot

My Left Foot is the 1954 autobiography of Christy Brown, an Irish author, painter and poet who had cerebral palsy.Brown was born in Crumlin, Dublin. One of thirteen surviving children born to a poor Catholic family, he suffered from cerebral palsy...

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It tells the true story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Christy Brown grew up in a poor, working class family, and...