The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Directed by Ken Loach, starring the great great great Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney.

Set in Ireland, in the 1920s, this film tells the story of the early IRA, Ireland trying to get independent, the British invasion, and how two brothers fight for their land's freedom, only in the end they found themselves walking different paths, forced to face and oppose each other.

GO SEE IT!!! Seriously, this film made me fall in love with Cillian Murphy. I first saw him in 28 Days Later and I cannot believe how stupid I was not to see his works after that. This film just proves how good he is. The story is good (and educational), some parts were very heartbraking and oh my God how good is Cillian Murphy? You could just feel him. Seeing the relationship between Damien (Murphy) and Teddy (Delaney) fell apart was just heartbraking. Well, at least I cried. This film won the Palme D'or at last year's Cannes Film Festival and got a 10-minute (yes, ten) standing ovation from the audience. So you know what to expect. Now, GO SEE IT!

Off Youtube..:
Interview with Cillian on BBC's Talking Movies, June 6, 2006

9 / 10.