The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006·2h 7m
7.3/ 10 (883 votes)

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

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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.

Trailer

Director

Ken Loach

Writers

Paul Laverty

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Stream

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Cast

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

?

Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

?

Mary Murphy

Bernadette

?

Laurence Barry

Micheail

Damien Kearney

Damien Kearney

Finbar

Frank Bourke

Frank Bourke

Leo

?

Myles Horgan

Rory

Details

Language

en

Status

Released

Budget

$7M

Box Office

$23M