The Wind That Shakes the Barley

• 7.365 Drama
• 2006-06-23
• 127 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Cillian Murphy (Damien) Pádraic Delaney (Teddy) Liam Cunningham (Dan) Orla Fitzgerald (Sinead) Mary O'Riordan (Peggy) Mary Murphy (Bernadette) Laurence Barry (Micheail) Damien Kearney (Finbar) Frank Bourke (Leo) Myles Horgan (Rory)

Director:

Ken Loach

Writer:

Paul Laverty