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2006

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Directed by Ken Loach
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.

Duration

2h 7m

Released

June 23, 2006

Revenue

$22,900,000

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7.4

Rating847

Views0

Likes0

Lists88

Cast84

  • Cillian Murphy
  • Pádraic Delaney
  • Liam Cunningham
  • Orla Fitzgerald
  • Mary O'Riordan
  • Mary Murphy
  • Laurence Barry
  • Damien Kearney
  • Frank Bourke

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