The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Winner of the Palme D'Or • Cannes Film Festival

Masterful and Staggeringly Powerful! - LA Weekly

In Ireland, in 1920, workers from all over Ireland unite and form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless Black and Tan squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland's bid for independence. Driven by a deep sense of duty, a love for his country and the pressure put upon him by his friends and family, Damien (Cillian Murhpy) abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor to join his brother, Teddy, in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom. (Ken Loach, 2006, 127m)

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