The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
“ War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood. ”
CINEMA2006-06-23
DIGITAL2006-06-23
RegionIE / GB
Runtime121 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Shows how anti-colonial victory can create new fractures within a liberation movement.”
“Ken Loach’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner capturing the heartbreaking rift within an Irish family during the civil war.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Ken Loach
KEYWORDS
guerrilla warfarecivil warsibling relationshipenglandundergroundresistancepeaceindependencetraitormercenarybritish armybritish empiredublinirelandirish civil war 1922-23historical fictionira irish republican armycolonialismirish historyirishdepressing
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