The Wind That Shakes the Barley
"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."
2006-06-23
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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.
Producer
Rebecca O'Brien
Art Direction
Michael Higgins
Director
Ken Loach
Original Music Composer
George Fenton
Screenplay
Paul Laverty
Editor
Jonathan Morris
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 irish history irish depressing
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$22,900,000Budget
$6,500,000Countries
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
Companies
- Sixteen Films
- Matador Pictures
- Regent Capital
- Element Pictures
