The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) movie poster

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."
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👍 82%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 86%
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Runtime
2h 7m
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (875 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
82

Cast

Cillian Murphy as Damien · 71% avg
Liam Cunningham as Dan · 72% avg
Orla Fitzgerald as Sinead
Mary O'Riordan as Peggy
Mary Murphy as Bernadette
Laurence Barry as Micheail
Damien Kearney as Finbar

Is The Wind That Shakes the Barley good?

Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1048 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#60 / 206 · 2006
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By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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