The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)

  • NR
  • 03/16/2007 (US)
  • Drama, War
  • 2h 7m

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

Overview

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.

Paul Laverty

Screenplay

Ken Loach

Director

Cast

Cillian Murphy's headshot

Cillian Murphy

Damien
Pádraic Delaney's headshot

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy
Liam Cunningham's headshot

Liam Cunningham

Dan
Orla Fitzgerald's headshot

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead
Mary O'Riordan's headshot

Mary O'Riordan

Peggy
Mary Murphy's headshot

Mary Murphy

Bernadette
Laurence Barry's headshot

Laurence Barry

Micheail
Damien Kearney's headshot

Damien Kearney

Finbar

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