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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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

★ 7.3 2006 127 min NR DramaWar

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
2006-06-23
Rating
NR
TMDB score
7.3/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany
Studio
Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital
Topicsguerrilla warfarecivil warsibling relationshipenglandundergroundresistancepeaceindependence

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