Movie
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2006-06-23
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, UK Film Council, TV3
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
- Original language
- EN
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
Crew
- Ken Loach - Director
- Paul Laverty - Screenplay
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