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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
Switzerland Spain United Kingdom Germany Ireland Italy
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Year
2006
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Il Vento Che Accarezza L'erba Alternative
Introduction
“We've seen some fine war movies recently. The Wind That Shakes the Barley ranks with the best of them – and among the best war films ever made.”
Roger Ebert, Chicago-Sun Times, 2007
In Ken Loach’s acclaimed war drama, Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney play brothers who join the Irish Republican Army in 1920 after witnessing the killing of a friend at the hands of the Black and Tans, the British body employed to suppress revolution in Ireland. As the conflict gets increasingly violent and friends and family are tortured and murdered, the brothers become ideologically divided, with tragic results.
The film provoked controversy, with many critics decrying it (some without having seen it) for its negative view of the British. Despite grim subject matter and a grueling torture sequence, the film was an unexpected hit at the box office and remains Loach’s biggest commercial success.
Neil Jordan explored a more recent period of The Troubles in his Oscar-winning The Crying Game, starring Stephen Rea as an IRA foot soldier.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Damien
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Dan
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Teddy
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Sinead
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Peggy
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Bernadette
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Micheail
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Finbar
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Leo
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Rory
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Congo
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Steady Boy
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Kevin
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Chris
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Sean
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Terence
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Francis
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Donacha
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Ned
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Tim
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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volunteer
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singer at wake
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station guard
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stoker
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policeman
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man in pub
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man in pub
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woman in search
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Sir John Hamilton
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Julia
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Johnny Gogan
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elderly man
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elderly woman
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Lily
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Sweeney
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Mrs Rafferty
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Father Denis
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boy on bike
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mother of sick child
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sick child
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priest
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member of ceilidh band
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member of ceilidh band
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member of ceilidh band
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member of ceilidh band
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member of ceilidh band
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newsreel piano accompanist
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sergeant at cottage
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sergeant at station
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lieutenant
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interrogator
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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British soldier
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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Production Company
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Prod Comp/Filmed with the assistance of
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Prod Comp/Produced in association with
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Production Company
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Developed with the support of the
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Supported by
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Made with the support of
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Completion Bond
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Financing
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Section 481 Funding
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International Sales
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Exec Prod (For Bord Scannán na hÉireann)
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Exec Prod (For Bord Scannán na hÉireann)
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Producer
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Production
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Production
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Production
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Production
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Production
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Production
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Assistant Producer
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Co-producer
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For the UKFC (Senior Production Exec)
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Production Manager
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Production Co-ordinator
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Crowd Co-ordinator
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Production Accountant
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Locations
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2nd Location Manager
Casting:
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Casting
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Additional Casting
Writing:
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Screenplay
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Script Consultant
Photography:
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Photography
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2nd Camera Operator
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Focus Puller
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2nd Focus Puller
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2nd Focus Puller
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader
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Gaffer
Stills:
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Stills Photographer
Special Effects:
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Digital Effects
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Digital Effects
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Special Effects Supervisor
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Special Effects Supervisor
Editing:
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Editor
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1st Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Prop Buyer
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Prop Master
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Construction Manager
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Costume Supervisor
Make-up:
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Make-up Designer
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Hair Designer
Titles:
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Titles Design
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Titles Design
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Titles
Film processing:
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Laboratory
Music:
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Music
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Orchestra Leader
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Orchestration
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Musician's Contractor
Sound:
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Music Recorded by
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Music Recorded at
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Sound
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Sound
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Boom Operator
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Re-recording Mixer
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Effects Editor
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Effects Editor
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Foley Artist
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Foley Artist
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunt Co-ordinator
Consultant:
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Historical Advisor
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Military Advisor
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Military Advisor
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Military Advisor
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Military Advisor
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Military Advisor
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Armourer
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