The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

127 min★ 7.5 · 59,885 votes

• Drama
• War

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.

Release date

June 23, 2006

Country of origin

Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Germany

Budget

$6,500,000

Box office

$22,903,165