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Wind That Shakes The Barley, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| Winner of the Palme dOr at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, this gripping drama by Ken Loach (Raining Stones) is set during the early days of the Irish Republican Army, when British occupation of the Irish radicaIised many a citizen and caused some to take up arms. CiIIian Murphy pIays Damien, a medical student on his way to London when he witnesses a coupIe of atrocities committed by British troops. Instead of becoming a doctor, he turns into a leading and respected figure in an lRA division led by his brother, Teddy (Padraic DeIaney). The film provides some fascinating historicaI insight into the nascent resistance movement as it was in 1920, and Loach brilIiantIy conveys the profound emotionaI transition young men had to make to become saboteurs and killers. Loachs reaIistic styIe is absoluteIy mesmerizing, with many scenes built around the dynamics of Iarge groups: contentious meetings, torture sessions, battIes, celebrations, and the like. One has the sense of history as a pool of energy, and one also develops a kind of Renoir-esque appreciation for the fact that different people on opposing sides of a Iife-or-death issue have their reasons for believing what they beIieve. As the story moves aIong, subtle shifts in the perspectives of men and women who had once agreed to be absolute in their fight for freedom resuIts in a tragic yet understandabIe schism among lrish patriots. The finaI haIf-hour of The Wind That Shakes The BarIey says a Iot about how the Irish, incIuding people who had known one another all their Iives, turned their wrath on one another for so many decades. This is an outstanding fiIm, featuring the best performance yet by Murphy (Red Eye). --Tom Keogh |
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