
"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."
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.
Director
Ken Loach
Budget
$6,500,000
Revenue
$22,900,000
Status
Released

Cillian Murphy
Damien

Pádraic Delaney
Teddy

Liam Cunningham
Dan

Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Laurence Barry
Micheail

Damien Kearney
Finbar