The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ireland

• NR
• 2006-06-23(GB)
• ▪

  Drama,

  War
• ▪ 2h-7m

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

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.

• Ken LoachDirector

  Paul LavertyScreenplay

  Rebecca O'BrienProducer

  George FentonOriginal Music Composer

  Barry AckroydDirector of Photography

  Jonathan MorrisEditor