Celtic Film Series - The Wind That Shakes the Barley May 7, 2008

The Best Film winner at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, concludes this seasons Williamsburg Regional Library Celtic Film Series. It will be presented at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7 in the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland Street. The program is free of charge and reservations are not needed. For more information, contact the library at (757) 259-4070.

This unrated, gripping drama is set during the early days of the Irish Republican Army, when British occupation of the Irish radicalized many a citizen and caused some to take up arms. Cillian Murphy (Cold Mountain, Batman Begins) plays Damien, a medical student on his way to London when he witnesses atrocities committed by British troops. Instead of becoming a doctor, he turns into a leading and respected figure in an IRA division led by his brother, Teddy (Padraic Delaney, from The Tudors).

The Library presents the Celtic Film Series in cooperation with the local chapters of the St. Andrew Benevolent Association and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. The series explores the history, drama and quirky humor of films made in or about Scotland and Ireland.

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