Film
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.
Drama, War· Directed by Ken Loach· 127 min
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.
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- Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
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Top billing
- Cillian Murphy as Damien
- Pádraic Delaney as Teddy
- Liam Cunningham as Dan
- Orla Fitzgerald as Sinead
- Mary O'Riordan as Peggy