The Wind That Shakes the Barley DVD 2006 Felkavar a szél / Directed by Ken Loach / Starring: Cillian Murphy, Lian Cunningham, Padraic Delaney

UPC 5999545561594

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: English 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 121 minutes

English Summary:

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923). Written by long-time Loach collaborator Paul Laverty, this drama tells the fictional story of two County Cork brothers, Damien O'Donovan (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy O'Donovan (Pádraic Delaney), who join the Irish Republican Army to fight for Irish independence from the United Kingdom.

County Cork, Ireland, 1920. Dr. Damien O'Donovan is about to leave his native village to practise medicine in a London hospital. Meanwhile, his brother Teddy commands the local flying column of the Irish Republican Army. After a hurling match, Damien witnesses the summary execution of his friend, Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, by British Black and Tans. Although shaken, Damien rebuffs his friends' entreaties to stay in Ireland and join the IRA, saying that the war is unwinnable. As he is leaving town, Damien witnesses the British Army vainly trying to intimidate a railway personnel for refusing to permit the troops to board. In response, Damien decides to stay and is sworn into Teddy's IRA brigade.

After drilling in the mountains, the column raids the village's Royal Irish Constabulary barracks to acquire revolvers, then uses them to assassinate four Auxiliaries. In the aftermath, Anglo-Irish landowner Sir John Hamilton coerces one of his servants, IRA member Chris Reilly, into passing information to the British Army's Intelligence Corps. As a result, the entire brigade is arrested. In their cell, Damien meets the train driver, Dan, a union official who shares Damien's socialist views.

Hungarian Summary:

Írország, 1920. Élesedik a függetlenségi harc mindkét oldalról. A köztársaság-párti írek és a különleges angol egységek öszszecsapásai mindennaposak. Teddy már elkötelezte magát, ám medikus testvére Damien még Londonba készül, gyakorlatra. Amikor azonban személyesen látja, miként vernek agyon a katonák egy angolul nem beszélő írt, a maradás és a harc mellett dönt. 1921-ben aláírják a békeszerződést, ám mégsincs nyugalom. Polgárháború veszi kezdetét, az addigi harcostársak, legyenek akár testvérek is, szembefordulnak egymással.

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