The Wind That Shakes the Barley

About The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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.

Ken Loach's The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 war film. Cillian Murphy takes the lead as Damien, Pádraic Delaney as Teddy, Liam Cunningham as Dan, and Orla Fitzgerald as Sinead.

It runs 127 minutes and was released in June 2006. Written by Paul Laverty. It comes from BiM Distribuzione and Element Pictures.

Members will find england, depressing, mercenary, and historical fiction in it. In the United States it streams on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, and Acorn TV Apple TV channel. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 934 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

In the Name of the Father, Michael Collins, and Lawrence of Arabia make useful companions to The Wind That Shakes the Barley, all filed under IRA (irish republican army), ireland, and irish.