The Wind That Shakes the Barley

9/10 I didn't know about this movie which was the winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It's a great lesson in Irish spunk. To me this movie begs the question: If we are to achieve greatness as a country, do we need to undergo hardship? After seeing this I can't help but view Canadians as complacent whimps by not standing up to American atrocities in the world. This movie gets the difficult messages across better than the "Michael Collins" movie of ten years ago, despite the difficulty I had with understanding much of the dialogue. I almost wished for subtitles.

Directed by Ken Loach, Ireland, 2006