The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 · 2h 7m · Drama, War · Ireland, United Kingdom · Rated 15 (GB)
War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.
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.
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Ken LoachWritten by
Paul Laverty7.2Smart score
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british armybritish empirecivil warcolonialismdepressingdublin, irelandenglandguerrilla warfarehistorical fictionindependenceira (irish republican army)irelandirishirish civil war (1922-23)irish historymercenarypeaceresistancesibling relationshiptraitorunderground
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