Rewatched #TheWindThatShakestheBarley

#KenLoach's #CillianMurphy starring Irish independence drama retains all its power. It won the Palm d'Or at Cannes.

It will make you identify with resistance and the pain of organisations where killing is part of the job. Superb on every level, 10/10

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An absolute classic of Irish cinema! A starkly beautiful, & brutal, look at a a decisive & dark moment in Irish history. Whose ramifications are still felt to this day. Truly, it's a wonderful film.

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29-01-2026

Watching “The Wind That Shakes The Barley” on @kanopy.com

#irishfilm #irishhistory #thewindthatshakesthebarley

"The wind that shakes the barley" di Ken Loach, 127 minuti, 2006. -Irlanda, 1920: i guerriglieri indipendentisti si preparano ad affrontare l'offensiva delle armate di invasione dell'esercito britannico. Damien, giovane studente di medicina, per spirito patriottico decide di lasciare gli studi e unirsi al fratello Teddy nella lotta per la libertà…- da themoviedb.org Locandina del film 'Il Vento Che Accarezza L'Erba' di Ken Loach, vincitore della Palma d'Oro a Cannes 2006. In primo piano tre personaggi in abiti d’epoca, con paesaggio rurale sullo sfondo. In basso, un gruppo di persone in abiti del primo Novecento radunate in un campo. Con Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham e Padraic Delaney.

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#KenLoach racconta la lotta per l'indipendenza irlandese contro l'occupante inglese attraverso la storia di due fratelli.
Film, e storia, purtroppo ancora attualissimo.
📝Voto: 7½ /10

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W - #TheWindThatShakesTheBarley is a powerful film about the Irish War of Independence, Partition and into the Civil War.

It's an authentic depiction of the human side of resistance to oppression - and how the big political events affected real families and communities.

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🎬💙Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters.
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#CillianMurphy

Day 8/20

If I had to choose between #MichaelCollins or #TheWindThatShakesTheBarley … the latter wins hands down as a supremely better movie of Irish history a century again. The former is nonsense!