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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

23/06/2006 (IE)•Drama, War•2h 7m
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Cillian Murphy

      Cillian Murphy

      Damien

    2. Pádraic Delaney

      Pádraic Delaney

      Teddy

    3. Liam Cunningham

      Liam Cunningham

      Dan

    4. Orla Fitzgerald

      Orla Fitzgerald

      Sinead

    5. Mary O'Riordan

      Peggy

    6. Mary Murphy

      Bernadette

    7. Laurence Barry

      Micheail

    8. Damien Kearney

      Damien Kearney

      Finbar

    9. Frank Bourke

      Frank Bourke

      Leo

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    • Reviews 3
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    A review by Andres Gomez

    8.0
    Written by Andres Gomez on Sep 27, 2013

    Intense drama about Ireland's independence from the UK and the ultimate reasons for the need of freedom.

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$6,500,000.00

    Revenue$22,900,000.00

    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

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