2006 · drama · war · history
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Directed by Ken Loach2h 7m2006
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.
Our read: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war · history entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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