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 | Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain |
Studio | Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland |
Cast | Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy |
Crew | Michael Higgins (Art Direction), Rebecca O'Brien (Producer), Barry Ackroyd (Director of Photography), Paul Laverty (Screenplay), Jonathan Morris (Editor), Ken Loach (Director) |
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, irish history, irish, depressing |
Release | Jun 23, 2006 |
Runtime | 127 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.36 / 10 by 839 users |
Popularity | 2 |
Budget | 6,500,000 |
Revenue | 22,900,000 |
Language | English, Gaeilge, Latin |