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.
Title | The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
Year | 2006 |
Genre | Drama, War |
Country | Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
Studio | 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 |
Cast | Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane |
Crew | Ken Loach (Director), Paul Laverty (Screenplay), Rebecca O'Brien (Producer), George Fenton (Original Music Composer), Barry Ackroyd (Director of Photography), Jonathan Morris (Editor) |
Keyword | guerrilla warfare, civil war, sibling relationship, england, underground, resistance, peace, independence, traitor, mercenary, british army, british empire, dublin, ireland, irish civil war (1922-23), historical fiction, ira (irish republican army), ireland, colonialism |
Release | Jun 23, 2006 |
Runtime | 127 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.38 / 10 by 781 users |
Popularity | 21 |
Budget | 6,500,000 |
Revenue | 22,900,000 |
Language | English, Gaeilge, Latin |