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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.
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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.
European Cinematographer | 2006 | Barry
Best Irish Film | 2007
Best Foreign Film | 2006 | Ken
Best Irish Film | 2006
European Actor | 2006 | Cillian
European Film | 2006 | Rebecca
European Screenwriter | 2006 | Paul
European Actor For | 2006 | Cillian
European Director | 2006 | Ken
British Producer of the Year | 2007 | Rebecca
British Film of the Year | 2007
British Director of the Year | 2007 | Ken
Best European Film Mejor Pelcula Europea | 2007 | Ken
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | 2007 | Orla
Breakthrough Talent | 2007 | Orla
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | 2007 | Pádraic
Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film | 2007 | Cillian
Best European Director Regista del Miglior Film Europeo | 2007 | Ken
Best European Film Najlepszy Film Europejski | 2007 | Ken
Best Foreign Film | 2007
Best Screenplay Original | 2006 | Paul
Best Actor | 2006 | Cillian
International Competition | 2006 | Ken
Best Technical Achievement | 2006 | Barry
Best Actor | 2006 | Cillian
Best Director | 2006 | Ken
Best British Independent Film | 2006
Budget 6,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 22,889,018 USD
A three legged dog can be seen walking across the screen. This is something of a trademark of Ken Loach's films. Initially it was an accident with a dog wandering into the shot, but it became a planned feature of his films later.
The commercial interest expressed in the United Kingdom was initially much lower than in other European countries and only 30 prints of the film were planned for distribution in the UK, compared with 300 in France. However, after the Palme d'Or award the film appeared on 105 screens in the UK, more than three times larger than the UK release for any of Ken Loach's previous films.
Irish actor Liam Cunningham said about the film and its director Ken Loach "It took an Englishman to come over for me to force me in the position to examine my own history."
All the British soldiers are played by ex-British army soldiers. They were told not to overplay it, but act as they would if searching or interrogating insurgents.
The title was taken from "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" by 19th century poet Robert Dwyer Joyce, about a young man who joins the 1798 rebellion after his true love is killed. "But blood for blood without remorse/ I've taken at Oulart Hollow/ And laid my true love's clay-cold corpse / Where I full soon may follow /As 'round her grave I wander drear /Noon, night and morning early / With breaking heart when e'er I hear /The wind that shakes the barley."
"Damien: It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for."
"Damien: I tried not to get into this war, and did, now I try to get out, and can't."
