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Overview

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Director:
Ken Loach
Writer:
Paul Laverty (writer)
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Release Date:
23 June 2006 (Ireland) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Tagline:
Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot:
A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-Brit rebellion. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 19 nominations more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cillian Murphy ... Damien
Padraic Delaney ... Teddy (as Pádraic Delaney)
Liam Cunningham ... Dan
Orla Fitzgerald ... Sinead
Mary O'Riordan ... Peggy (as Mary Riordan)
Mary Murphy ... Bernadette
Laurence Barry ... Micheail
Damien Kearney ... Finbar
Frank Bourke ... Leo
Myles Horgan ... Rory
Martin Lucey ... Congo
Aidan O'Hare ... Steady Boy
Shane Casey ... Kevin
John Crean ... Chris
Máirtín de Cógáin ... Sean (as Mairtin de Cogain)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El viento que agita la cebada (Spain)
Il vento che accarezza l'erba (Italy)
Le vent se lève (France)
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Runtime:
UK:127 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
In the cinema scene, the man at the piano is really playing it. He's Neil Brand, one of Britain's leading silent cinema accompanists, who in 2006 featured significantly as a composer and accompanist in the BBC television series "Paul Merton's Silent Clowns". more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the beginning, as the characters play a game of hurling, a farm is visible in the background, at the foot of a mountain. The buildings near the farmhouse are much too large and modern to have been constructed in 1920's Ireland. more
Quotes:
Damien: And once again, with honourable exception, the Catholic Church sides with the rich. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-03-17)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
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145 out of 179 people found the following comment useful.
Sad tale, 19 June 2006
8/10
Author: shelliob from United Kingdom

An exciting piece of Ken Loach drama based on events that sparked the Irish war of independence. Despite being labelled 'anti-British' by critics born 60 years after these events took place, the incidents depicted in this film have in fact all been documented by the British government and are a matter of historical fact. Events such as the treatment of the local population at the brutal hands of the infamous convict drafted Black and tans force have all been recorded assiduously by both sides in the conflict. And the civil war that followed a decision to allow the mostly protestant north to be a part of the new British welfare state. A clash of ideals, deftly handled by Loach, it's a real pity that so many will have their minds made up before they've even seen the film.

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