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Set in Cork, Ireland in 1920, Damien abandons a career as a doctor and joins his brother Teddy in a volunteer guerilla group in order to defeat the occupying British Army. After a violent struggle, the two sides agree a treaty to end the conflict. However, civil war erupts and families and friendships are stretched to the limit and Damien and Teddy find themselves on opposing sides.Product Identifiers
EAN5060002835821
eBay Product ID (ePID)63457850
Product Key Features
ActorPadraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald, William Ruane, Liam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy
Film/TV TitleThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DirectorKen Loach
FormatDVD
Release Year2007
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesCommentary by Ken Loach and Historical Advisor Donal O Drisceoil, Widescreen
GenreDrama, Historical
Run Time122 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
ReviewsThe Times - It's the most important and impressive film Loach has ever made, The Independent - A masterpiece
Additional InformationSet in Cork, Ireland in 1920, Damien abandons a career as a doctor after seeing a friend of his murdered by a British soldier and joins his brother Teddy in an Irish Republican Army unit in order to defeat the occupying British force. After a violent struggle, the two sides agree a treaty to end the conflict. However, civil war erupts and families and friendships are stretched to the limit and Damien and Teddy find themselves on opposing sides as Damien views the treaty as a sell-out that fails to bring all of Ireland under Irish control. British director Ken Loach (KES, LAND AND FREEDOM) became the 59th winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes with this emotional drama about the Irish Civil War of the 1920s and the film features superb performances from a young Irish cast.
ScreenwriterPaul Laverty
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleThe Wind That Shakes The Barley