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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

film by Loach [2006]

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discussed in biography

  • In Ken Loach

    …of better working conditions, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), an affecting portrait of Irish Republicans in 1920 during their fight against British rule. The latter won the Cannes film festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or. Route Irish (2010) depicts the quest of a security contractor in Iraq…

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history of film

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
    In history of film: Great Britain

    …My Name Is Joe (1998), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), The Angels’ Share (2012), and I, Daniel Blake (2016) among other films, all of which centred on themes of working-class life. Loach set several of his films in Scotland; other works on Scottish subjects included Trainspotting (1996), directed…

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