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UNITED KINGDOM · 2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Synopsis
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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Irish Independence · Family Conflict · Political Idealism · Civil War · British Colonialism
