The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Name: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director: Ken Loach
Released: 2006-06-23
Rating: 7.334
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan

7.3

June 23, 2006

2h 7m

Drama War

"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.