"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" won this years Palme d'Or at Cannes and it's easy to see why.
Ken Loach's latest offering centers around the goings on in Ireland's County Cork between 1920-1922. This was a turbulent time in Ireland's history that saw the Irish first fighting against the British and then against each other as the country erupted into civil war.
Many films of this genre concentrate purely on the struggle against the occupying force, however Ken Loach's film goes deeper and looks at what happens when the occupying force actually leaves a country and what fills the vacuum created by their departure.
"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is definitely going to be one of this year's must-see films, and one I'd definitely pay to see again.
