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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
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Two brothers' political commitments emerge from work, friendship and an increasingly divided community. Ken Loach makes the move from the Irish War of Independence into civil war hurt at the level of ordinary loyalties. The central brothers are fictional; the historical setting gives their disagreements consequences beyond a family quarrel.
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About The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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.