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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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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…

DirectorKen Loach
WriterPaul Laverty
ProducersRebecca O'Brien·Andrew Lowe

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Cast · Directed by Ken Loach

CMCillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy
Damien
PDPádraic Delaney
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
LCLiam Cunningham
Liam Cunningham
Dan
OFOrla Fitzgerald
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
MO
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
MM
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
LB
Laurence Barry
Micheail
DKDamien Kearney
Damien Kearney
Finbar
FBFrank Bourke
Frank Bourke
Leo
MH
Myles Horgan
Rory
ML
Martin Lucey
Congo
AOAidan O'Hare
Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy

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