The Wind That Shakes the Barley poster

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

20062h 7mDrama · War
directed by Ken Loach

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

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7.3 / 10
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7.5 / 10
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82 / 100
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Synopsis

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

Cillian Murphy·Damien
Pádraic Delaney·Teddy
Liam Cunningham·Dan
Orla Fitzgerald·Sinead
Mary O'Riordan·Peggy
Mary Murphy·Bernadette
Laurence Barry·Micheail
Damien Kearney·Finbar
Frank Bourke·Leo
Myles Horgan·Rory