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The Wind that Shakes the Barley

  • 20062006
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  • 2h 7m
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The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
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Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
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    • Ken Loach
    • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Cillian Murphy
    • Pádraic Delaney
    • Liam Cunningham
    • Ken Loach
    • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Cillian Murphy
    • Pádraic Delaney
    • Liam Cunningham
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    • 250User reviews
    • 101Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
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    Cillian Murphy, Aidan O'Hare, and Pádraic Delaney in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Cillian Murphy and Aidan O'Hare in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Liam Cunningham in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Roger Allam, Cillian Murphy, Máirtín de Cógáin, Shane Nott, and Martin Lucey in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Cillian Murphy in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Cillian Murphy in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Ken Loach in The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Cillian Murphy at an event for The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
    Cillian Murphy at an event for The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
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    Cillian Murphy
    Cillian Murphy
    • Damien
    Pádraic Delaney
    Pádraic Delaney
    • Teddy
    Liam Cunningham
    Liam Cunningham
    • Dan
    Orla Fitzgerald
    Orla Fitzgerald
    • Sinead
    Mary O'Riordan
    • Peggy
    • (as Mary Riordan)
    Mary Murphy
    • Bernadette
    Laurence Barry
    • Micheail
    Damien Kearney
    • Finbar - Volunteer
    Frank Bourke
    Frank Bourke
    • Leo - Volunteer
    Myles Horgan
    • Rory - Volunteer
    Martin Lucey
    • Congo - Volunteer
    Aidan O'Hare
    • Steady Boy - Volunteer
    Shane Casey
    • Kevin - Volunteer
    John Crean
    • Chris - Volunteer
    Máirtín de Cógáin
    • Sean - Volunteer
    • (as Mairtin de Cogain)
    Keith Dunphy
    • Terence - Volunteer
    Kieran Hegarty
    • Francis - Volunteer
    Gerard Kearney
    • Donacha - Volunteer
      • Ken Loach
      • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Irish actor Liam Cunningham said about the film and its director Ken Loach "It took an Englishman to come over for me to force me in the position to examine my own history."
    • Goofs
      The British troops wear medal ribbons from the Great War (1914-18). The film is set in 1919-21 but ribbons were not issued until 1922 by which time British troops had gone.
    • Quotes

      Damien: It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Premonition/The Wind That Shakes the Barley/The Lookout/The Ultimate Gift/Maxed Out (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      The Wind That Shakes the Barley
      Traditional

      Words by Robert Dwyer-Joyce (as Robert Dwyer Joyce)

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    7/10
    Not only a gripping war movie, but a useful history lesson too
    "The wind that shakes the Barley" is a film about the Irish war of independence, that was fought from 1919 - 1922.

    This war resulted in the Free State Ireland, which had some independence from the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland. In 1937 the Free State Ireland became the Irish Republic, which was wholly independent from the United Kingdom.

    Films about Ireland are mostly about the tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland during "The troubles" (1966 - 1998). "The wind that shakes the Barley" puts this troubles in a historical perspective.

    The film consists of two parts. Part 1 is about violence on the side of the English occupier, part 2 is about Irish disunity.

    The English violence in the movie did cause some discomfort at the time of release. We are accustomed to warcrimes perpetrated by Germans, but the English? It should however not be forgotten that the English used World War One veterans in the Irish war of independence. Particulalrly the "Black and tans" were notorious.

    When we think of Irish disunity we think of the religious divide between Catholics and Protestants. In this film the central division is that between the Irish who are willing to accept the Free State (at least for the time being) and the ones who want total independence right now.

    Another division which is somewhat overshadowed in the film, is that between Irish nationalists and the Irish socialists. I found this a little strange, because after all we are talking about a Loach movie. In some scenes though, this division did come to the surface. I am specifically talking about the scene in which a loan shark is convicted by an Irish "peoples court". This loan shark however also happens to finance weapons for the IRA. The question arises what the ultimate goal of the independece war really is? Is it only to change the accents of the powerful and the colour of the flag, or is it something more?
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    • Nov 19, 2021

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    • Why was this film so controversial?
    • Who were the 'Black and Tans'?
    • What was the background to the conflict?

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 2007 (United States)
      • Ireland
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • Italy
      • Spain
      • France
      • Switzerland
      • Bim Distribuzione (Italy)
      • English
      • Irish Gaelic
      • Latin
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    • Filming locations
      • Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Sixteen Films
      • Matador Pictures
      • Regent Capital
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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