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.
Title | The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
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Year | 2006 |
Genre | Drama, War |
Country | Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom |
Studio | Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BIM Produzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, TVE, Pathe |
Cast | Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy |
Crew | Ken Loach (Director), Paul Laverty (Screenplay), Rebecca O'Brien (Producer), George Fenton (Original Music Composer), Barry Ackroyd (Director of Photography), Jonathan Morris (Editor) |
Keyword | guerrilla warfare, civil war, sibling relationship, england, underground, resistance, peace, independence, traitor, mercenary, british army, british empire, dublin, ireland, irish civil war (1922-23), historical fiction, ira (irish republican army), ireland, colonialism, irish history, irish |
Release | Jun 23, 2006 |
Runtime | 127 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.37 / 10 by 805 users |