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MOVIE

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

2006 • HD • NR • 127min

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Story

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Country Ireland Language English

Genre Drama War

Keywords #guerrilla warfare #underground #civil war #sibling relationship #england #resistance #traitor #peace #independence #mercenary

Production BiM Distribuzione Element Pictures Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Sixteen Films Tornasol Media TV3 UK Film Council

Credits

Ken Loach photo

Ken Loach

director

Paul Laverty photo

Paul Laverty

writer

Cillian Murphy photo

Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney photo

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham photo

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald photo

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

Damien Kearney photo

Damien Kearney

Finbar

Frank Bourke photo

Frank Bourke

Leo

Aidan O'Hare photo

Aidan O'Hare

Steady Boy

Shane Casey photo

Shane Casey

Kevin

Keith Dunphy photo

Keith Dunphy

Terence

Noel O'Donovan photo

Noel O'Donovan

Station Guard

Frank O'Sullivan photo

Frank O'Sullivan

Man in Pub

Roger Allam photo

Roger Allam

Sir John Hamilton

William Ruane photo

William Ruane

Johnny Gogan

Sean McGinley photo

Sean McGinley

Father Denis

Denis Conway photo

Denis Conway

Priest

Antony Byrne photo

Antony Byrne

Interrogator

William Armstrong photo

William Armstrong

British Soldier

Alex Dee

British Soldier

Colin Parry photo

Colin Parry

British Soldier

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