The wind that shakes the barley [videorecording] / The Weinstein Company ; IFC Films ; Pathe! ; Sixteen Films ; Matador Pictures ; Regent Capital ; UK Film Council ; Bórd Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board ; Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; Element Films ; BIM Distribuzione ; EMC Produktion ; Tornasol Films ; TV3 Ireland ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach.
Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, Pádraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald, Myles Horgan, Damien Kearney, Roger Allam, Frank Bourke, Martin Lucey, Aidan O'Hare. Originally produced as a British motion picture in 2006. Special Features: Feature Commentary by director Ken Loach and historical advisor Professor Donal O'Driscoll; Carry On Ken [featurette] (49 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Previews (9 min.).
Contents:
Opening titles -- Micheail's funeral -- Oath -- Field training -- Final warning -- Manhunt -- Captured -- Singing support -- Escape -- Death march -- Republican court -- Ambush -- Home invasion -- Celebration -- Exit parade -- Telegram from Dublin -- Weapons depot -- Final visitor -- Last letter -- End credits.
Summary:
Ireland, 1920. Damien O'Donovan is leaving for London for an internship, until the dreaded Black and Tans attack his hurling mates, killing one for not speaking English. Thus sidetracked by the Irish War for Independence, Damien is convinced by his brother Teddy to throw his lot in with the IRA. Damien is a purist, an idealist, and therefore marked for a tragic destiny, while Teddy is a fatefully pragmatic politician. These differences between the brothers propel the film through its terrible final act, as the signing of Anglo-Irish Treaty establishes the Irish Free State, splits the Republican movement, and unleashes the Irish Civil War.
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