The Wind That Shakes The Barley (DVD, 2006)

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Set in Cork, Ireland in 1920, Damien abandons a career as a doctor and joins his brother Teddy in a volunteer guerilla group in order to defeat the occupying British Army. After a violent struggle, the two sides agree a treaty to end the conflict. However, civil war erupts and families and friendships are stretched to the limit and Damien and Teddy find themselves on opposing sides.

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EAN5060002834886
eBay Product ID (ePID)59546313

Product Key Features

ActorPadraic Delaney, William Ruane, Orla Fitzgerald, Liam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy
Film/TV TitleThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
DirectorKen Loach
Release Year2006
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesSpecial Edition\Commentary by director Ken Loach and Professor Donal O'Driscoll\Character profile on the director\Stills gallery \Original theatrical trailer
GenreDrama, Historical
Run Time122 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15
Number of Discs2
Additional InformationSet in Cork, Ireland in 1920, Damien abandons a career as a doctor after seeing a friend of his murdered by a British soldier and joins his brother Teddy in an Irish Republican Army unit in order to defeat the occupying British force. After a violent struggle, the two sides agree a treaty to end the conflict. However, civil war erupts and families and friendships are stretched to the limit and Damien and Teddy find themselves on opposing sides as Damien views the treaty as a sell-out that fails to bring all of Ireland under Irish control. British director Ken Loach (KES, LAND AND FREEDOM) became the 59th winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes with this emotional drama about the Irish Civil War of the 1920s and the film features superb performances from a young Irish cast.
ReviewsThe Times - It's the most important and impressive film Loach has ever made, The Independent - A masterpiece
ScreenwriterPaul Laverty
Movie/TV TitleThe Wind That Shakes The Barley

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  • Most favourable review

    The Wind that shakes the barley

    Hello the film the Wind that shakes the barley excellent base in Ireland in 1920 ; Workes from field and country the unite together to form volunteer guerrilla units to face the[Black & tan ] a squads being shipped from England to block a bid for independence ,The Black& tan the want to set a example to the guerrilla in the bad way [ruthless ] killing and injury & threaten the village [Damien] a deep sense of duty for is country abandons is duty as a doctor to join his brother to stop the war for freedom in a dangerous fight and violent but the English din t want that eventually bot parties the agree to a treaty to end bloodshed but despite the apparent victory civil war erupt again & the fight against IRISH /IRISH one to another as sworn enemies putting their loyalty to the final text ,i seen this 7 years ago and is a very good film i like Irish film ,thank u very much regards

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  • Most critical review

    Poor quality

    DVD skipped chapter 5 and 6 wouldn't play hada keep restarting good movie but bad DVDs

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  • Ireland- a fight for freedom.

    It’s a true depiction of Ireland in the 1920s, the struggles, the separation of family. It’s not an easy watch so I wouldn’t call it entertaining. Superb acting. There are no happy endings.

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  • A serious film based on the based on the...

    A serious film based on the based on the battles between the English and Ireland in early 20th century. The quality and condition of the film was excellent. Audio was clear and subtitles available if required.

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  • Irish republican

    What a film one of the best films ive seen in years TAL32

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  • Great movie

    Probably my favourite film

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  • Awesome believable ACTING REALISTIC PERFORMANCES!

    Simply straight forward acting…not reliant on special effects!!

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  • Great film

    Great film about the Irish struggle for independence.

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  • Very well made

    A good representation of history

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  • Sad story

    Very good portrayal of what life was like to be Irish then. Very Very sad story

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