The Wind that Shakes the Barley

An interesting movie about the IRA during the 1920's. Must have been a violent time.... Even after serving our country, I can't imagine having to fight like this in my own back yard.

Love the suits though!

One of the better films I've seen about the era (which I studied for years at school, then again briefly at university, and maintain an interest in - Ireland in that period between circa 1912 ans 1923 is absolutely fascinating, if also tragic). The sequences showing the operation of the "Sinn Fein Court", as well as the debate on the 1921 Treaty, highlighting the differene in ideology between the nationalists and those of a more pure, socialist bent (an ideological schism that perseveres among Nationalists and Republicans in Ireland to this day; it was also the reason for the IRA split in '67...), are particularly well done.

I do very much like the suit Cillian Murphy wears for much of the film. Also, to the best of my knowledge (having reviewed many, many photos from the era), the uniforms, especially the Free State Army, are very well represented.

A small - but great - movie!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I saw it -- in Dublin actually -- back when it was in theaters. I thought that it presented the politics and conflicts of the time quite well and would have been a wonderful period piece -- if not for the horridly heavy-handed moral message they wanted to hammer through. My Irish relatives felt relatively the same way about it. "Good film, but please don't push it down our throats."