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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006
2 hr 7 min
7.359
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 ...
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Reviews

  • Andres Gomez

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

  • tmdb28039023

    After watching The Wind That Shakes the Barley, I'm tempted to say that Hollywood ruined Cillian Murphy, but the fact is that this drama written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach doesn’t really establish, for better or worse, a before and af...

  • CinemaSerf

    Though quite provocative, I was really disappointed with the anti-British simplicity of this drama. It all centres around two brothers - "Teddy" (Pádraic Delaney) and "Damien" (Cillian Murphy) and the increasingly desperate - and violent - tactics t...