The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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

• Drama
• War

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.

Rating

7.3 / 10 (938 votes)

Release date

June 23, 2006

Runtime

2h 07m

Language

English

Director

Ken Loach

Status

Released