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

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

7.3 / 10 7.3 2006 2h 7mNR

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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.

Directed by Ken Loach

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CAST

The people behind the story

Cillian Murphy

Cillian MurphyDamien

Pádraic Delaney

Pádraic DelaneyTeddy

Liam Cunningham

Liam CunninghamDan

Orla Fitzgerald

Orla FitzgeraldSinead

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Mary O'RiordanPeggy

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Mary MurphyBernadette

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Laurence BarryMicheail

Damien Kearney

Damien KearneyFinbar