The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006 · directed by Ken Loach

Rating

84/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Palme d'Or

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.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), directed by Ken Loach, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

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

Crew

• Barry Ackroyd — Director of Photography
• Jonathan Morris — Editor
• George Fenton — Original Music Composer
• Paul Laverty — Screenplay

More from Ken Loach

1. Kes (1970) — 86/100 · hit
2. I, Daniel Blake (2016) — 85/100 · hit
3. Raining Stones (1993) — 83/100 · hit
4. Sweet Sixteen (2002) — 80/100 · hit
5. My Name Is Joe (1998) — 79/100
6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100

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