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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”
7.3 / 10• 2006• 2h 7m•NR• English
DramaWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Cillian Murphy
Damien
Lead
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
MO
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
MM
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
LB
Laurence Barry
Micheail
Damien Kearney
Finbar
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ken Loach's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Wind That Shakes the Barley is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
