The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

Directed by Ken Loach

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

Drama, War · 2h 07m

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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Cast

Cillian Murphy Damien Pádraic Delaney Teddy Liam Cunningham Dan Orla Fitzgerald Sinead
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Mary O'Riordan Peggy
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Mary Murphy Bernadette
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Laurence Barry Micheail Damien Kearney Finbar Frank Bourke Leo
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Myles Horgan Rory
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Martin Lucey Congo Aidan O'Hare Steady Boy

Crew

Director
Ken Loach
Screenplay
Paul Laverty
Director of Photography
Barry Ackroyd
Original Music Composer
George Fenton
Editor
Jonathan Morris
Producer
Rebecca O'Brien, Gerardo Herrero, Redmond Morris

Details

Release date
2006-06-23
Runtime
2h 07m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Irish, Latin, English
Countries
Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
Production
Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, UK Film Council, TV3
Budget
$6,500,000
Box office
$22,903,165