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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”

★ 7.3(909)20062h 7m

Drama War

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley is streaming on CineMember in Belgium. Availability checked 23 July 2026.

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Good to know

Director: Ken Loach
Release date: 2006-06-23
Runtime: 2h 7m
Language: Irish
Box office: $22,900,000
Budget: $6,500,000
Status: Released
Country: Ireland
Studio: Sixteen Films

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About The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 movie in the Drama and War genres, directed by Ken Loach, starring Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney and Liam Cunningham. It has a runtime of 2 hours 7 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.3/10 from 909 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Wind That Shakes the Barley in Belgium — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

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.

Cast

Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

Mary Murphy

Bernadette

Laurence Barry

Micheail

Damien Kearney

Finbar

Frank Bourke

Leo

Myles Horgan

Rory

Martin Lucey

Congo

Aidan O'Hare

Steady Boy

Themes & keywords

guerrilla warfarecivil warsibling relationshipenglandundergroundresistancepeaceindependencetraitormercenarybritish armybritish empiredublin, irelandirish civil war (1922-23)historical fiction