The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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The godfather of British social realism, Ken Loach, turns his empathetic eye to Ireland’s conflicted past, and more specifically, two brothers who clash over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Loach and his regular screenwriting partner Paul Laverty resist poetry or the picturesque, but provide a portal into a heartbreaking and brutal moment in history.
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In 1920s Ireland, young doctor Damien O’Donovan (Cillian Murphy) is about to start a new job in London. But before he can depart, the British Black and Tans murder a young man for refusing to say his name in English. Damien and his brother Teddy enlist in the IRA to defend their country.