Andres Gomez8.0
TMDBIntense drama about Ireland's independence from the UK and the ultimate reasons for the need of freedom.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.
2006•127 min
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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.
Director: Ken Loach
Writers: Paul Laverty
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tmdb280390236.0
TMDBAfter watching The Wind That Shakes the Barley, I'm tempted to say that Hollywood ruined Cillian Murphy, but the fact is that this drama written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach doesn’t really establish, for better or worse, a before and after in the career of the Irish…
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TMDBThough quite provocative, I was really disappointed with the anti-British simplicity of this drama. It all centres around two brothers - "Teddy" (Pádraic Delaney) and "Damien" (Cillian Murphy) and the increasingly desperate - and violent - tactics they employed to eject the occup…
