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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Jun 23, 2006
127 min
DramaWar
7.3/ 10
850 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
7.3/10
850 votes
IMDB
7.5/10
55,827 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
82/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$6,500,000Production cost
Box Office$22,900,000Worldwide gross
Profit$16,400,000Profitable
ROI
+252.3%Return on investment
US Box Office$1,836,089Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

7 wins & 24 nominations

Details

Production information

"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$22,900,000

Production Companies

Sixteen FilmsMatador PicturesRegent CapitalElement PicturesBiM DistribuzioneEMCTornasol MediaFís Éireann/Screen Ireland

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