: About Me

Ken Loachs's latest film, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, explores a widely undocumented age of World History. Both a family melodrama and war film, the 2006 Palme d'Or winner sheds light on the nexus of the struggle of the Irish in the 20th century. Cillian Murphy plays "Damien" a pacifist doctor whose leaves his small town to study in London. After witnessing a series of sadistic acts by the British, Damien abandons his plans to defend his country. He joins his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) in a guerrilla campaign with the newly formed Irish Republican Army. The brothers take arms and...