[film]The Wind That Shakes the Barley wins the Palme d'Or

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the canne film fest i think im not the greatest speller never mind when pissed
So hears the story last year my buddy tells me hes acting in this film and i help out a little as i had nothing better to do. So down to west Cork we went.

But as time goes on the film gets bigger and it it ends up prittie big ! and is called "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" . And the during the week it won a top prize at the canne film fest. And im just happy to be a little part of it. Wohoo for Cork people. as it waS slamed by US critiks as they could not under stand what was being said.

The film also stared cillian murphy , and so i say fuck the mother fuckers , the and the horse they road in on!

We won any way mother fuckers!:evil:
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Director: Ken Loach. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Siobhan McSweeney.
From Entertainment.ie (http://entertainment.ie/movie_review/The_Wind_That_Shakes_The_Barley/4512.htm)
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Details: UK, Ireland, 137mins, 15A. "How are we going to fight a war with a hurley?" Since his directorial debut in the late '60s, Ken Loach has always portrayed the gritty realism of the everyday, working man and in The Wind That Shakes The Barley he turns his attention to the simple folk of West Cork in 1919. Despite Ireland being in the grip of a bloody war against their British overlords, Cork man Damien O'Donovan (Murphy) is still intent on furthering his career as a doctor in London. However, when the Black and Tans attack a local house and beat one of his friends to death, Damien and his brother Teddy (Delaney) swap their hurleys for rifles and embark on a bitter, bloody war of independence. Loach's directing principles dictates that he only uses local actors from the area that he is shooting in and this approach gives his films an authenticity rarely found in other mainstream films (and is probably why mainstream success has eluded him for so long, the lack of 'stars' damning his projects before it begins).What luck it has been then to be able to cast a rising star with massive potential in Cork man Cillian Murphy. After impressive turns in Red Eye, The Girl With The Pearl Earring and Batman Begins, Murphy hit the big time last year as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden in Neil Jordan's Breakfast On Pluto which is (dare it be said) the nearest metamorphosis of actor and character since Robert De Niro and Jake La Motta. Here, Murphy shows that that role was no fluke and he is flawless as the reluctant and torn Damien. His co-stars give him a run for his money though as Padraic Delaney almost steals the show while the ever dependable Liam Cunningham turns in another sound performance and newcomer Siobhan McSweeney - as Damien's love interest - takes to the screen like a veteran. Loach has a talent for making an ordinary scene with little or no dialogue seem like an epic and this one has a few that will stand out in the memory. There is nothing like a Brit-bashing movie to angry up the blood but scratch the surface and you'll see that Loach's latest opus goes far deeper than your Michael Collins' or your Braveheart's as he makes a comment on every imperial country who invade smaller nations for their own ends.Film Review by Gavin Burke
Reviewed on 02 June 2006 copied here as Entertainment.ie's site has an ad all over the page. Strange that it is posted with tomorrows date.

Well done Happy !

It ths Palme d'Or it won see here (http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1177.html)