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DirectorKen Loach

Runtime2h 7m · NR

GenresDrama · War

Release2006-06-23

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Film

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Name: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Released: 2006-06-23

2006· NR· 2h 7m· Drama· War

“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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Key Crew

DirectorKen Loach

ScreenplayPaul Laverty

ProducerGerardo Herrero

Director of PhotographyBarry Ackroyd

Original Music ComposerGeorge Fenton

EditorJonathan Morris

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 36 crew)

Details

Released2006-06-23

Runtime2h 7m · NR

StatusReleased

StudiosSixteen Films · Matador Pictures · Regent Capital

Budget$7M

Box office$23M

LanguagesIrish · Latin · English

CountriesIreland · United Kingdom · Germany · Italy · Spain

Rating7.3/10 · 902 votes

Original languageen

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