Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for his emotionally and physically complex portrayal of Irish writer Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and misdiagnosed as mentally disabled for the first 10 years of his life. The story unfolds in a series of flashbacks with Hugh O'Conor starring as the young Christy, who eventually learned to write using the only body part he could control: his left foot.

• 1 hr 43 min
• Directed by

  Jim Sheridan
• Written by Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton

• Starring

  Daniel Day Lewis

  ,

  Brenda Fricker

  ,

  Alison Whelan

  ,

  Kirsten Sheridan

  ,

  Declan Croghan

  ,

  Eanna Mac Liam

  ,

  Marie Conmee

  ,

  Cyril Cusack

  ,

  Phelim Drew

  ,

  Ruth Mc Cabe

  ,

  Fiona Shaw

  ,

  Ray Mc Anally

  ,

  Hugh O'conor