The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)

In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.

year:2006

actor:Cillian MurphyPádraic DelaneyLiam Cunningham

director:Ken Loach

writer:Paul Laverty

genre:DramaWar

country:IrelandUKGermanyItalySpainFranceBelgiumSwitzerlandNetherlands

language:EnglishIrishLatin

Duration:2h 7min

Release:23 March 2007

IMDb:7.5