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7.4/10 • 811

2006-06-23 • 2h 7m

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War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Directors
Ken Loach
Editors
Jonathan Morris

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  1. Cillian Murphy

    Cillian Murphy

    Damien

  2. Pádraic Delaney

    Pádraic Delaney

    Teddy

  3. Liam Cunningham

    Liam Cunningham

    Dan

  4. Orla Fitzgerald

    Orla Fitzgerald

    Sinead

  5. Mary O'Riordan

    Mary O'Riordan

    Peggy

  6. Mary Murphy

    Mary Murphy

    Bernadette

  7. Laurence Barry

    Laurence Barry

    Micheail

  8. Damien Kearney

    Damien Kearney

    Finbar

  9. Frank Bourke

    Frank Bourke

    Leo

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Andres Gomez

Sep 27, 2013

8/10

Intense drama about Ireland's independence from the UK and the ultimate reasons for the need of freedom.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,500,000.00
Revenue
$22,900,000.00
Keywords
guerrilla warfarecivil warsibling relationshipenglandundergroundresistancepeaceindependencetraitormercenarybritish armybritish empiredublin, irelandirish civil war (1922-23)historical fictionira (irish republican army)irelandcolonialismirish historyirishdepressing