The Wind That Shakes the Barley
“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”
2006•NR•2h 7m•7.3•Released
DramaWar
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.
Director
Ken Loach
Writer
Paul Laverty
Budget
$7M
Revenue
$23M
Languages
Irish, Latin, English
Studio
Sixteen Films
Cast
Cillian Murphy
Damien
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Laurence Barry
Micheail
Damien Kearney
Finbar
Frank Bourke
Leo
Myles Horgan
Rory
Martin Lucey
Congo
Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy
Shane Casey
Kevin
John Crean
Chris
Máirtín de Cógáin
Sean
Production
Company
Sixteen Films
Company
Matador Pictures
Company
Regent Capital
Company
Element Pictures
Company
BiM Distribuzione
Company
EMC
Company
Tornasol Media
Company
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Company
UK Film Council
Company
TV3
Producer
Rebecca O'Brien
Producer
Gerardo Herrero
Producer
Redmond Morris
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