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.

• DirectorKen Loach
• Release23 June 2006
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration2h 7m
• Budget$6,500,000
• Revenue$22,900,000
• Rate
  

  7.354
  835 reviews
• Productions

  Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland