The Wind That Shakes the Barley

7.4 / 10

(778 votes)

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.

Country:

Belgium,

France,

Germany,

Ireland,

Italy,

Spain,

Switzerland,

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

127 minutes

Year:

2006

Director:

Ken Loach

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Company:

Sixteen Films,

Matador Pictures,

Regent Capital,

UK Film Council,

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland,

Element Films,

EMC Produktion,

Tornasol Films,

Diaphana Films,

TV3 Television Network Ireland,

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,

Pathé,

BIM Productions,

Cinéart,

Filmcoopi Zürich,

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Budget:

$6,500,000

Revenue:

$22,900,000

Cast:
Cillian Murphy

Damien O'Donovan

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy O'Donovan

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

Gerard Kearney

Donacha

Crew:
Ken Loach

Director

Paul Laverty

Screenplay

Rebecca O'Brien

Producer

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

Barry Ackroyd

Director of Photography