The Wind That Shakes the Barley

In this highly acclaimed and award-winning film, you?ll follow the searing story of two brothers caught in the 1920s violence, when the Irish War of Independence and British Occupation led to Irish Civil War. After Damien O?Donovan (Cillian Murphy, Cold Mountain, The Way We Live Now, Girl with a Pearl Earring) witnesses a friend?s murder at the hands of the British Black and Tans, he abandons his medical career to join his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney, The Tudors, Legend) in the Irish Republican Army. The brothers battle side by side until a peace treaty pits them against each other?with Teddy supporting the new Irish Free State, and Damien opposing continued oppression by the new elite. A gripping story about a centuries-old struggle.

Damien	---	Cillian Murphy
Teddy	---	Padraic Delaney
Dan	---	Liam Cunningham
Sinead	---	Orla Fitzgerald
Peggy	---	Mary O’Riordan
Bernadette	---	Mary Murphy
Micheail	---	Laurence Barry
Finbar	---	Damien Kearney
Leo	---	Frank Bourke
Rory	---	Myles Horgan
Congo	---	Martin Lucey
Steady Boy	---	Aidan O’HAre
Kevin	---	Shane Casey
Chris	---	Jean Cream
Sean	---	Mairtin de Cogain
Terence	---	Keith Dunphy
Francis	---	Kieran Hegarty
Donacha	---	Gerard Kearney
Ned	---	Shane Nott
Tim	---	Kevin O’Brien

Written by Paul Laverty
Directed by Ken Loach
Produced by Rebecca O’Brien
Executive Produced by Nigel Thomas, Andrew Lowe, Ulrich Felsberg, Paul Trijbits
Original Music by George Fenton
Cinematography by Barry Ackroyd
Film Editing by Jonathan Morris
Costume Design by Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh