Watch one of the best Irish movies ever on TV tonight

The film is essential viewing and is also currently available to stream for free.

As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, however, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien subsequently joins his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney, What Richard Did) in the Irish Republican Army, but political events soon tear the siblings apart.

Also featuring Liam Cunningham (The Guard) and Roger Allam (The Thick of It), The Wind That Shakes the Barley won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in the world.

Watch the trailer for The Wind That Shakes the Barley right here:

The movie was also a box office and critical hit, earning near-unanimous praise for its spotlighting of important Irish history, its realism, its performances, and its heartbreaking story,

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is airing on TV tonight on RTÉ2 at 9.05pm. It is also currently available to stream for free in Ireland on the RTÈ Player.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight (Saturday, 19 September):

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