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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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

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.

Release: 2006-06-23
Runtime: 127 min
Rating: 7.3 / 10
Cast
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy
Damien
Pádraic Delaney
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Liam Cunningham
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Orla Fitzgerald
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
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Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
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Mary Murphy
Bernadette
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Laurence Barry
Micheail
Damien Kearney
Damien Kearney
Finbar
Frank Bourke
Frank Bourke
Leo
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Myles Horgan
Rory
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Martin Lucey
Congo
Aidan O'Hare
Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy
Shane Casey
Shane Casey
Kevin
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John Crean
Chris
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Máirtín de Cógáin
Sean
Keith Dunphy
Keith Dunphy
Terence
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Kieran Hegarty
Francis
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Gerard Kearney
Donacha