 Brown grew up in a poor working-class family, and became a writer and artist.Also starring in the film are Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, and Cyril Cusack.It is a partly fictional biography, adapted by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan from the 1954 book "My Left Foot" by Brown.