The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006 · 127 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (936 votes)

Dir. Ken Loach · Starring Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy · Music George Fenton

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

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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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This is a raw, emotionally devastating journey into the heart of a nation's struggle for freedom. It feels urgent and deeply personal, capturing the brutal cost of ideological divides and the heartbreaking sacrifices demanded by war. An unflinching look at a pivotal, violent chapter.

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