Brilliant movie

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2012)

Ken Loach might be a self-proclaimed socialist( and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that in my mind), but he is, in the same time, one of the best directors in Great Britain. " Wind That Shakes the Barley" is a strong indictment of war and bloodshed and the shameful British involvement in Ireland. The nation that invented ethnic cleansing and committed numerous act of genocide all over the world, was trying to teach a lesson in justice and peace in the Balkans. It would be funny if it wasn't tragic.But that's a different story. This brilliant movie, filmed perfectly and with one of the best casts I ever saw, strikes a right note and leads us slowly through British oppression to Irish civil war.From crime to tragedy.