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My Left Foot

1990·1h 43m·R
DramaBiography
IMDb Rating
★ 7.8/10
85,263 votes
Metascore
97
Metacritic

Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.

My Left Foot is a 1990 drama biography movie directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Alison Whelan, Brenda Fricker, Daniel Day-Lewis. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8/10 from 85,263 votes and runs 1h 43m.

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Director
Jim Sheridan
Stars
Alison Whelan
Brenda Fricker
Daniel Day-Lewis
Kirsten Sheridan
Details
1990-03-30
103 min
Movie
R
★ Ireland, United Kingdom
★ English
Keywords
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