Overview
Plot
In 1920s Ireland, young doctor Damien O'Donovan plans to leave for a London hospital. After British Black and Tans kill a young man at a friend's farm, he joins his brother Teddy in the IRA, but political events soon tear the brothers apart.
- Directors
- Ken Loach
- Cast
- Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy, Laurence Barry, Damien Kearney, Frank Bourke, Myles Horgan, Martin Lucey, Aidan O'Hare, Shane Casey, John Crean, Máirtín de Cógáin, Keith Dunphy, Kieran Hegarty, Gerard Kearney, Shane Nott, Kevin O'Brien
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Release date
- 2006-06-23
- Studios
- Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, UK Film Council, TV3
Plot
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley Plot and Cast
In 1920s Ireland, young doctor Damien O'Donovan is preparing to depart for a new job in a London hospital. While saying his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive and a young man is killed. Damien then 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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