Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Writer
- Paul Laverty
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $6,500,000
Cast
Cillian Murphy
Damien Kearney
Frank Bourke
Laurence Barry
Liam Cunningham
Mary Murphy
Mary O'Riordan
Myles Horgan
Orla Fitzgerald
Pádraic Delaney
Keywords
british army
british empire
civil war
colonialism
depressing
dublin
ireland
england
guerrilla warfare
historical fiction
independence
ira (irish republican army)
ireland
irish
irish civil war (1922-23)
irish history
mercenary
peace
resistance
sibling relationship
traitor
underground
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