Réalisation:
Ken LoachScénario:
Paul LavertyPhotographie:
Barry AckroydMusique:
George FentonActeurs·trices:
Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, William Ruane, Pádraic Delaney, Mark Wakeling, Scott Peden, Roger Allam, Siobhan McSweeney, Frank O'Sullivan (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Irlande, 1920. A travers le pays, des paysans volontaires s'unissent pour s'engager dans la lutte armée contre les redoutables Black-and-Tan. Ces troupes sont envoyées d'Angleterre par bateaux entiers pour mettre un point final aux velléités d'indépendance. Son sens du devoir et l'amour pour son pays poussent Damien à laisser tomber sa jeune carrière de médecin. Avec son frère Teddy, il se lance dans la sanglante bataille pour la liberté. Les méthodes intrépides des insoumis poussent vite les Britanniques à bout. Les deux parties aboutissent à un traité qui doit mettre fin aux effusions de sang. Mais la victoire n'est qu'apparente, et c'est une guerre civile qui éclate. Des familles qui combattaient jusque là côte à côte se retrouvent opposées. Des frères deviennent ennemis jurés, écartelés par les visages de la loyauté. (Diaphana Distribution)
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Critiques (2)
When there’s talk of Czech national pride, a lot of people say that it was there when the Germans occupied us. However, watch this movie to try and imagine how scarred the average Irish national pride is. What was happening there in the 1920s was no less harsh and I’m not all that surprised that this pride and separation from the Great Britain is so prominent to this day. It will probably never be any different for some families. It’s just a shame that the movie was so terribly emotionless. It was shot with such a strange camerawork that it even seemed like the camera was absent in some situations. It had good moments, for sure, but I feel like a premise like this could have had way more of them.
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Whoever wants to see a big colorful and artistically ambitious film about the formation of the Irish Republic, the history of the struggle for independence, the events surrounding its creation, and the most famous moments in the history of the Irish Republican Army, should watch Neil Jordan's Michael Collins. The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a typically small production that looks like it's made for TV, and if the viewer wants to compare it with epic blockbusters, they will inevitably be disappointed. To be honest, I don't really understand its victory at prestigious film festivals because, from an artistic point of view, it is not possible to consider this film a festival peak. Its value lies in something else. I see it as a quality historically analytical film that provides today's viewer with relatively distant historical events. It is, in a way, an acted documentary filmed from the position of a protagonist who stands on left-radical positions in the historical dispute over the nature of the newly emerging Irish state. I have nothing against that, as many so-called historical films prefer an impressive story over a sober and factually presented historical truth. In the case of this film, it doesn't make sense to assess the film in terms of entertainment or artistic catharsis. However, it accurately describes the mechanism of the political crisis, guerrilla warfare for independence, and the subsequent conflict between radical supporters of violent solutions and those who are able to understand reality and negotiate compromises. For me, it deserves 3.5 stars, which I am elevating to four after a short consideration. Overall impression: 70%.
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