The Wind That Shakes the Barley

7.3 / 10

(859 votes)

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.

Country:

Ireland,

United Kingdom,

Germany,

Italy,

Spain

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

127 minutes

Year:

2006

Director:

Ken Loach

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Company:

Sixteen Films,

Matador Pictures,

Regent Capital,

Element Pictures,

BiM Distribuzione,

EMC,

Tornasol Media,

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Budget:

$6,500,000

Revenue:

$22,900,000

Cast:
Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

Crew:
Rebecca O'Brien

Producer

Michael Higgins

Art Direction

Ken Loach

Director

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

Paul Laverty

Screenplay