The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Dir: Ken Loach
Ireland/UK, 2006, 127 minsmins, 35mm
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald
In an Ireland seeking independence from Britain in the early 20th century, two brothers, Teddy and Damien, become freedom fighters, entering into a violent bloodshed with a vision of a new nation. Yet treaties with Britain leave social dreams unrealized, dividing the nation anew and the brothers – Teddy favoring it as an incremental compromise, but Damien rejecting it as a sellout, resulting in a fratricidal war unto death. Loach combines the epic sweep of this era with heartfelt sensitivity to intense personal struggles and sacrifices, and has no intention to hide his rage and denunciation of British beastliness and brutality.
2006 Cannes Film Festival, Palme d’Or
Further Readings:
The Wind that Shakes the Barley – From 32nd HKIFF Main Catalogue, 2008
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
2017-10-01 (Sun)
18:00Tickets available at screening venue on screening date 2017-10-15 (Sun)
20:00
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction
Remarks
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