The Wind That Shakes the Barley
NR“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”
2006·127 min·Released
Studio: BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Element Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Sixteen Films, TV3, Tornasol Media, UK Film Council
7.3TMDb
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Theatrical Jun 23, 2006
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.
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Crew
DirectorKen Loach
WriterPaul Laverty
Cast
Cillian Murphy
Damien
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Laurence Barry
Micheail
Damien Kearney
Finbar
Frank Bourke
Leo
Myles Horgan
Rory
Martin Lucey
Congo
Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy
Shane Casey
Kevin
John Crean
Chris
Máirtín de Cógáin
Sean
Keith Dunphy
Terence
Kieran Hegarty
Francis
Gerard Kearney
Donacha
Shane Nott
Ned
Kevin O'Brien
Tim
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Keywords
guerrilla warfarecivil warsibling relationshipenglandundergroundresistancepeaceindependencetraitormercenarybritish armybritish empiredublin, irelandirish civil war (1922-23)historical fictionira (irish republican army)irelandcolonialismirish historyirish
Details
Budget
$7M
Revenue
$23M
TMDb Votes
890
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