The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Brief sex scene between the film's only couple is shot in shadows and accompanied by romantic piano.

Violence & Gore

  • Weapons include guns, knives, grenades, and rusty pliers (for pulling out fingernails).
  • Battle scenes show injuries and bloody bodies.
  • The film's IRA heroes are shot at, tortured, and imprisoned by British soldiers -- their acts of vengeance, however righteous, never lead to victory, as they suffer emotionally afterward and the British maintain dominion.
  • Plenty of graphic and unsettling/disturbing political violence, yet there are no exeedingly gory moments.
  • Even though the violence itself may not be as bad as some other R-rated films, it is still disturbing--the violence has meaning.
  • Gun-play, battle and two scenes of torture.
  • A man has his nails ripped out gruesomely.
  • A woman has her hair brutally cut, with the scissors cutting her deeply and horribly mutilating her, yet she later recovers.

Profanity

  • Lots of angry language, including more than 40 uses of "fuck," plus "shit" and "shite," "ass," "damn," "bastard," "bitch," and "whore." The name "Jesus Christ" is used as an expletive on many occasions.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Drugs: None
  • Young men smoke cigarettes repeatedly; In bar scenes and during political meetings.
  • Characters drink liquor and ale.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The violence is extremely intense during many scenes.
  • The torture scenes are disturbing.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man and woman leave a dance, and kiss passionately in a barn. Man removes coat jacket and sit down in the hay. Sex is implied. No nudity.

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