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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan
directed by: Ken Loach

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019802529
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Ifc
Manufacturer: Ifc
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Ifc
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 04, 2007
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 4962
Studio: Ifc
Theatrical Release Date: 2006



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Description:
Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien (Cillian Murphy) abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom. As the Irish freedom fighters bold tactics bring the British to a breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families who fought side by side, find themselves pitted against one another, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.

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Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, this gripping drama by Ken Loach (Raining Stones) is set during the early days of the Irish Republican Army, when British occupation of the Irish radicalized many a citizen and caused some to take up arms. Cillian Murphy plays Damien, a medical student on his way to London when he witnesses a couple of atrocities committed by British troops. Instead of becoming a doctor, he turns into a leading and respected figure in an IRA division led by his brother, Teddy (Padraic Delaney). The film provides some fascinating historical insight into the nascent resistance movement as it was in 1920, and Loach brilliantly conveys the profound emotional transition young men had to make to become saboteurs and killers. Loach's realistic style is absolutely mesmerizing, with many scenes built around the dynamics of large groups: contentious meetings, torture sessions, battles, celebrations, and the like. One has the sense of history as a pool of energy, and one also develops a kind of Renoiresque appreciation for the fact that different people on opposing sides of a life-or-death issue have their reasons for believing what they believe. As the story moves along, subtle shifts in the perspectives of men and women who had once agreed to be absolute in their fight for freedom results in a tragic yet understandable schism among Irish patriots. The final half-hour of The Wind That Shakes the Barley says a lot about how the Irish, including people who had known one another all their lives, turned their wrath on one another for so many decades. This is an outstanding film, featuring the best performance yet by Murphy (Red Eye). --Tom Keogh



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great but sad
I enjoyed this movie very much and felt that it pulled at the heart strings of Ireland's sad history. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brother Against Brother
Set in the early 1920s, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" tells the story of two Irish brothers at first ... Read More


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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A powerful and amazing film
This is a fine piece of drama. It's sad, moving, stirring, involving and thought provoking. It has some very harrowing ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Powerful and deep
A powerful film based in the brutal reality of early 20th century Ireland and the struggle for independence. The major ... Read More

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