The Wind That Shakes The Barley

– In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 7 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

23 Mar 2007

Language:

English, Irish, Latin

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Ken Loach

Writer:

Paul Laverty

Main Actors:

Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald

Plot:

In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.

Awards:

6 wins & 23 nominations.

Gross profit:

$1,779,320

Production:

IFC First Take

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
Metacritic:
82%