Drama ·War · Ireland · 2006 · 2h 7m

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley poster
Director
Ken Loach
Cast
Cillian Murphy as Damien Pádraic Delaney as Teddy Liam Cunningham as Dan Orla Fitzgerald as Sinead Mary O'Riordan as Peggy Mary Murphy as Bernadette
Crew
Barry Ackroyd — Director of Photography Jonathan Morris — Editor George Fenton — Original Music Composer Paul Laverty — Screenplay Rebecca O'Brien — Producer Gerardo Herrero — Producer
Tagline

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

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.

Trailer The Wind That Shakes the Barley — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
guerrilla warfarecivil warsibling relationshipenglandundergroundresistancepeaceindependencetraitormercenarybritish armybritish empire
Key Collaborators
Ken Loach Director Barry Ackroyd Director of Photography Jonathan Morris Editor George Fenton Original Music Composer Paul Laverty Screenplay Rebecca O'Brien Producer Gerardo Herrero Producer Fergus Clegg Production Design
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