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

2006-06-23 · 127 min · ★ 7.3

Drama · War

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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Directors
Ken Loach
Production companies
Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, UK Film Council, TV3
Countries
Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
Status
Released
Budget
USD 6,500,000
Revenue
USD 22,903,165

Top Cast

Cillian MurphyCillian MurphyDamien
Pádraic DelaneyPádraic DelaneyTeddy
Liam CunninghamLiam CunninghamDan
Orla FitzgeraldOrla FitzgeraldSinead
Mary O'RiordanPeggy
Mary MurphyBernadette
Laurence BarryMicheail
Damien KearneyDamien KearneyFinbar
Frank BourkeFrank BourkeLeo
Myles HorganRory
Martin LuceyCongo
Aidan O'HareAidan O'HareSteady Boy
Shane CaseyShane CaseyKevin
John CreanChris
Máirtín de CógáinSean
Keith DunphyKeith DunphyTerence
Kieran HegartyFrancis
Gerard KearneyDonacha
Shane NottNed
Kevin O'BrienTim

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