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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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NR,2hrs 6min
Genres:
Drama,War
Released:
March 16, 2007
Director:
Ken Loach
Distributor:
IFC First Take
Starring:
Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, Padraic Delaney  ...more
Synopsis: Two brothers are caught on differing sides of the battle for Irish freedom in this politically minded historical drama from veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach. It's 1920, and Damien O'Donovan (Cillian Murphy) has recently graduated from medical school. Damien plans to leave the small village in Ireland where he was born to take a job in London, much to the annoyance of his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney), who is an Irish loyalist and wants to see the British stripped of their rule of his land. While ... Full Synopsis
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David Ansen, NewsWeek
Loach hurls us into the fracas, circa 1920, and creates such a vivid sense of the nuts and bolts of guerilla war you almost forget you are watching a period piece. Unlike the epic sweep of Neil Jordan's "Billy Collins," which spoke in a syntax closer to Hollywood's, "The Wind" doesn't paint over its political arguments with a patina of nostalgia. Full Review
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82
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Based on 30 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Cillian Murphy
Damien, Damien O'Donovan
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Padraic Delaney
Teddy O'Donovan, Teddy
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
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Cillian Murphy, left, and Padraic Delaney in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (IFC First Take)
Focus puller Carl Hudson, left, and director Ken Loach on the set of "The Wind That Shakes the...
Liam Cunningham in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (IFC First Take)
Cillian Murphy in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (IFC First Take)
From left: Padraic Delaney, Aidan O'Hare and Cillian Murphy in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"...
Cillian Murphy, left, and Padraic Delaney in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (IFC First Take)
From left: Mairtin de Cogain, Shane Nott, Roger Allam, Kiernan Hegarty, Martin Lucey and Cillian...
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