Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2006-06-23) |
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| Awards: | 7 wins & 24 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $1,836,089 |
| Screen: | Paul Laverty |
| Productions: | Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, UK Film Council, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Element Films, EMC Produktion, Tornasol Films, Diaphana Films, TV3 Television Network Ireland, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Pathé, BIM Productions, Cinéart, Filmcoopi Zürich, MEDIA Programme of the European Union |
| Production Countries: | Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Gaeilge, Latin |
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Casts
- 2037: Cillian Murphy - Damien O'Donovan
- 125237: Pádraic Delaney - Teddy O'Donovan
- 15498: Liam Cunningham - Dan
- 15509: Orla Fitzgerald - Sinead
- 15499: Gerard Kearney - Donacha
- 15501: William Ruane - Johnny Gogan
- 11279: Roger Allam - Sir John Hamilton
Crews
- 15488: Ken Loach - Director - Directing
- 15490: Paul Laverty - Screenplay - Writing
- 15491: Rebecca O'Brien - Producer - Production
- 1528: George Fenton - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 15493: Barry Ackroyd - Director of Photography - Camera
- 15495: Jonathan Morris - Editor - Editing
- 15514: Michael Higgins - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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Intense drama about Ireland's independence from the UK and the ultimate reasons for the need of freedom.
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After 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 acto ....
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Though 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 occupiers ....
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