The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

Movie · Drama, War · 2h 7m · Rated 7.3/10 on TMDB · Released June 23, 2006

Overview

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.

Directed by Ken Loach

Cast

• Cillian Murphy as Damien
• Pádraic Delaney as Teddy
• Liam Cunningham as Dan
• Orla Fitzgerald as Sinead
• Mary O'Riordan as Peggy
• Mary Murphy as Bernadette
• Laurence Barry as Micheail
• Damien Kearney as Finbar
• Frank Bourke as Leo
• Myles Horgan as Rory
• Martin Lucey as Congo
• Aidan O'Hare as Steady Boy

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