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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
· Movie
· 127 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #773
- IMDb #1131
- Rotten Tomatoes #736
- Metacritic #597
- Letterboxd #567
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1028
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #914
- Metacritic Critics #569
- Metacritic Audience #956
- Douban #587
- Kinopoisk #2196
- AlloCiné #3527
- Trakt #1399
Every rating
58–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two Irish brothers join the IRA in the early 1920s to fight for independence from Britain. After the Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed, creating the Irish Free State but keeping it as a dominion, the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the subsequent Irish Civil War, pitting them against each other.
Details
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Writer
- Paul Laverty
- Released
- 23 June 2006
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
- Language
- English, Irish Gaelic, Latin
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $22.9M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 24 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2006 | Palme d'Or | Ken Loach | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2006 | Best European Film | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2006 | Best Director | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2006 | Best Technical Achievement | Barry Ackroyd | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2006 | Best British Independent Film | Nominee | |
| British Independent Film Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Cillian Murphy | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Cillian Murphy | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2006 | Best Director | Ken Loach | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Palme d'Or | Ken Loach | Winner |
Goya Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Ken Loach | Nominee |
Irish Film & Television Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | Liam Cunningham | Winner |
| Best Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
| Best Irish Film (Audience Award) | Winner | |
| Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film | Cillian Murphy | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | Pádraic Delaney | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | Orla Fitzgerald | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Talent (actor) | Pádraic Delaney | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Talent (actress) | Orla Fitzgerald | Nominee |
European Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematographer | Barry Ackroyd | Winner |
| Best Actor | Cillian Murphy | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenwriter | Paul Laverty | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Cillian Murphy | Nominee |
| Best British Independent Film | Nominee | |
| Best Director | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| Best Technical Achievement | Barry Ackroyd | Nominee |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
3 nominations
| British Director of the Year | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| British Film of the Year | Nominee | |
| British Producer of the Year | Rebecca O'Brien | Nominee |
Polish Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Ken Loach | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Paul Laverty | Nominee |