"The wind that Shakes the Barley", winner of the Palme d' Or of this year's Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of Damien, whose young career as a doctor turns into the fervid and impeteous life of a revolutionist. He joins the allies of his brother Teddy who start campaigning against the British Crown after the Irish Easter Rising and the globally ignored independence of Ireland. Being armed but nevertheless defenceless, numerous but nevertheless too few, passionate but nevertheless vulnerable, they force their only chance - the guerilla war against a world power - right into the inferno. But the weapons that hit their targets yesterday, will be exhausted by the next day. The questionable peace treaty with the British disrupts not only the resistance movement, but also breaks up the brothers Damien and Teddy. Far too late they understand that their adversary has quickly realized how to benefit from the individual interests of the insurrectionists. Radical confrontation vanishes into inner and outer disruption; Damien and Teddy find themselves opposed to each other as deadly enemies in the following civil war. Only Damien's love for Sinead seems to have lost nothing of it's purity. Ken Loach created a visually exceeding movie full of emotional intensity. Aesthetically located between poetic transfiguration and realistic severity he presents human tragedies resulting from resistance and overthrow in a time where revolt and independence appear to be impossible.

Born on June 17th, 1936 in Nuneaton (UK).

1965 : Up the Junction (Tv)

1966 : Cathy Come Home (Tv)

1968 : Poor Cow

1970 : Kes

1972 : Family Life

1974/76 : Days of Hope

1978 : Black Jack

1980 : Looks and Smiles

1985 : Fatherland

1990 : Hidden Agenda

1991 : Riff-Raff

1993 : Raining Stones

1994 : Ladybird Ladybird

1995 : Land and Freedom

1996 : Carla's Song

1998 : My Name is Joe

2000 : Bread & Roses

2001 : The Navigators

2002 : SWEET SIXTEEN

2002 : 11'09'01 (CM/S)

2003 : AE FOND KISS (JUST A KISS)

2004 : TICKETS