The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

NR06/23/2006Drama, War2h 7m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Cillian Murphy

    Damien

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    Pádraic Delaney

    Teddy

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    Liam Cunningham

    Dan

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    Orla Fitzgerald

    Sinead

  5. Mary O'Riordan

    Peggy

  6. Mary Murphy

    Bernadette

  7. Laurence Barry

    Micheail

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    Damien Kearney

    Finbar

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    Frank Bourke

    Leo

After watching The Wind That Shakes the Barley, I'm tempted to say that Hollywood ruined Cillian Murphy, but the fact is that this drama written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach doesn’t really establish, for better or worse, a before and after in the career of the Irish actor; it's more a case of a blind squirrel finding a nut — which is still one more nut than most find (plus, Murphy's range is undeniable, being able to convincingly convey both the most abject cowardice and the most selfless heroism, even within the same film, as he does A Quiet Place Part II). The Irish Republica...