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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)

Movie"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."
Audience Score
74
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NR 2 hr 7 minMar 23rd, 2007Drama, 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.
StarringCillian MurphyPádraic DelaneyLiam Cunningham
DirectorKen Loach

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 23rd, 2007 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:September 4th, 2007 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$6,500,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$22,900,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney
Production Companies:Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BIM Produzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, TVE, Pathe
Movie Tags:
sibling relationshipenglandirelandcivil warcolonialismresistanceundergroundmercenaryhistorical fictionindependence