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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. 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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“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”
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- Jun 23, 2006
- 2h 7m
- Irish
- Ken Loach
- Paul Laverty
- Released
- $6.5M
- $22.9M
