After watching it, I was a little disappointed, not as good as I imagined.
Especially not as "In the Name of Father", which is also set in the IRA.
Maybe the director wants to emphasize "neutrality" too much and avoid emotional input.
What is more shocking is the sentence "I will never see you again!", from different people, targeting two dead, one a traitor and the other a revolutionary martyr. But the emotion is the same.
View more about The Wind that Shakes the Barley reviews