• Director: Ken Loach
  • Release Year: 2006
  • Production Country: Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland
  • Language: English, Irish Gaelic

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Description

Damien reluctantly lays aside his anti-war beliefs and joins his brother Teddy in the fight for Ireland's independence until a peace accord is signed; however, rival factions within the Irish argue over the terms of the agreement and sectarian violence breaks out, leaving Damien and Teddy once again on opposite sides of an argument–but this time with guns in hand.

Themes

Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish War of Independence (1919 – 1921), Irish Civil War (1922 – 1923), Irish Republican Army (IRA), Black and Tans, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Guerrilla warfare, Domestic terrorism, Republicanism, Imperialism, Police brutality, Insurrections, Religion, Catholicism, Protestantism, Christianity, Religious wars, Family relationships