The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006

7.4/10

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NETFLIX Rating : 3.6

IMDB Rating : 7.5

FD Smart Rating : 7.4

Synopsis : As political tensions brew in early 1920s Ireland, two brothers abandon their civilian lives and take up arms to liberate their country.

Regions Available ( 9 ) :
French Guiana , French Polynesia , Guadeloupe , Martinique , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Wallis and Futuna

Languages:

English , French

Subtitles:

French

Genres:

Drama, War

Release Date:

2006

Run Time:

2h7m

Maturity Rating:

Parents strongly cautioned

In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.