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,depressing

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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

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

Director
Ken Loach
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    Damien Cillian Murphy
  • Profile picture of Pádraic Delaney
    Teddy Pádraic Delaney
  • Profile picture of Liam Cunningham
    Dan Liam Cunningham
  • Profile picture of Orla Fitzgerald
    Sinead Orla Fitzgerald
  • Profile picture of Frank Bourke
    Leo Frank Bourke
  • Profile picture of Aidan O'Hare
    Steady Boy Aidan O'Hare
  • Profile picture of Keith Dunphy
    Terence Keith Dunphy
  • Profile picture of Noel O'Donovan
    Station Guard Noel O'Donovan

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Keywords

  • 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
  • depressing