The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Name: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2006-06-23
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 7.33
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan

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

7.3

2006

2h 7m

DramaWar

Director: Ken Loach

Overview

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.