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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”
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.
Directed by Ken Loach, Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney
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Status
Released
Released
June 23, 2006
Runtime
2h 7m
Language
Irish, Latin, English
Budget → Revenue
$6.5M → $22.9M
Top cast
Cillian Murphy
Damien
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Laurence Barry
Micheail
Damien Kearney
Finbar
Frank Bourke
Leo
Myles Horgan
Rory
Martin Lucey
Congo
Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy
Shane Casey
Kevin
John Crean
Chris
Máirtín de Cógáin
Sean
Keith Dunphy
Terence
Kieran Hegarty
Francis
Gerard Kearney
Donacha
Shane Nott
Ned
Kevin O'Brien
Tim
