The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Name: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2006-06-23
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan

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

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

Timing: 2:7 (127 min)

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Release date

2006-06-23

Country

Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Genre

Drama, War

Budget

$6 500 000

Box office

$22 899 908

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Director

Ken Loach

Actors

Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy, Laurence Barry, Damien Kearney, Frank Bourke, Myles Horgan
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Scenario

Producer

Rebecca O'Brien, Gerardo Herrero, Redmond Morris, Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney, Ulrich Felsberg, Nigel Thomas, Paul Trijbits, Mark Woods

Camera operator

Barry Ackroyd

Composer

George Fenton

Artist

Fergus Clegg

Audition

Oonagh Kearney, Kahleen Crawford

Editing

Jonathan Morris
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Short description

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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The film's title coincides with the title of a 19th-century Irish ballad by Robert Dwyer Joyce, dedicated to the 1798 rebellion.
Ken Loach is not widely popular in his home country. Only thirty copies of this film were ordered throughout the United Kingdom (in France, for example, ten times as many were). After receiving the Palme d'Or, the number of copies increased to one hundred and five. Before that, no Loach film was shown on more than thirty-five screens.
The man playing the piano in the cinema is actually a taper. This is Neil Brand, who gained prominence as a composer and accompanist in the television series 'Silent Clowns' (2006).
The person playing the piano in the cinema is actually a cinema pianist. This is Neil Brand, who became famous as a composer and accompanist for the TV series 'Silent Clowns' (2006).
Ken Loach is not very popular in his home country. Only thirty copies of this film were ordered across the entire United Kingdom (ten times more in France, for example). After winning the Palme d'Or, the number of copies increased to one hundred and five. Prior to this, any Loach film was screened on no more than thirty-five screens.