The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Release Date
2006-06-23
Rating
7
Duration
127 min
Countries
Keywords
guerrilla warfare civil war sibling relationship england underground resistance peace independence traitor mercenary british army british empire dublin ireland irish civil war (1922-23) historical fiction ira (irish republican army) ireland colonialism irish history irish depressing
Qualities
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.
