The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Drama, War

Cillian Murphy	Damien
Padraic Delaney	Teddy
Liam Cunningham	Dan
William Ruane	Gogan
Máirtín de Cógáin	Sean
Niall McCarthy	Extra
John Crean	Chris
Gerard Kearney	Donnacha
Siobhan Mc Sweeney	Julia
Frank Bourke	Leo
Orla Fitzgerald	Sinead
Mary O'Riordan	Peggy
Mary Murphy	Bernadette
Laurence Barry	Micheail
Damien Kearney	Finbar
Myles Horgan	Rory

Director	Ken Loach
Producer	Camilla Bray; Andrew Lowe
Writer	Paul Laverty

Set in West Cork, in Ireland during the most turbulent period of modern Irish history, the Wind that Shakes the Barley is a story of siblings united in resistance towards British imperialism, only to later find themselves committed to causes that that see the brothers at war with themselves. Damien (Cillian Murphy), a recent university graduate, is due to leave Cork for London to take up a job as a trainee doctor. A great achievement at the time for a Catholic boy from Cork, his plans change when he witnesses the brutality that the British 'Black and Tans' are bringing to his country. He joins his experienced brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) in active service with the Irish Republican Army and their pursuit of freedom for Ireland begins, but this dangerous quest will see the brothers fighting not only the British, but each other.