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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Fri, Jun 23, 2006
  • Drama
  • War
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Mar 16, 2007
GB
  • In CinemasFri, Jun 23, 2006
FR
  • In CinemasThu, May 18, 2006Cannes Film Festival
  • PhysicalThu, Mar 8, 2007
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Cillian Murphy
    Cillian Murphy
    as Damien
  • Pádraic Delaney
    Pádraic Delaney
    as Teddy
  • Liam Cunningham
    Liam Cunningham
    as Dan
  • Orla Fitzgerald
    Orla Fitzgerald
    as Sinead
  • M
    Mary O'Riordan
    as Peggy
  • M
    Mary Murphy
    as Bernadette
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