Title The Wind That Shakes the Barley Overview Set during the 1920’s Irish revolution against the British, an Irish medical student is about to start his new job in London – but after he witnesses the mercenary atrocities of the British, he decides to join his brother in the IRA to fight for Irish independence. Tagline Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Genres Drama, History, War Keywords london england, brother brother relationship, england, civil war, resistance, guerrilla, irland, underground, opression, traitor, mercenary, independence, british army, dublin, irish civil war, peace, weapon, irish republican army, rural ireland, colonialism Production Companies BIM Distribuzione, Matador Pictures, Diaphana Films, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann, Element Films, UK Film Council, Pathé Distribution, Irish Film Board, Tornasol Films, Sixteen Films, Regent Capital, EMC Produktion, Cinéart, TV3 Television Network Ireland, Filmcoopi Zürich, Oil Flick Films No.2 Production Countries Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland Spoken Languages English, Gaeilge, Latin Original Language en Runtime minutes 124 Release Year 2006
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 23 million USD