Ireland, like China, has a history of more than 5,000 years. The Republic of Ireland became independent from British colonial rule in 1922, but there are still six northern counties exercised by the British, known as Northern Ireland. The Irish Republican Army, which once targeted Irish reunification in the Irish War of Independence, is now considered terrorism.
This is at least a history that the British do not want to be mentioned. How a national independence war turned into a civil war, this is "The Wind and the Wheat Wave", the film that won the 2006 Palme d'Or for best picture, to tell story. The film condenses the grand historical background on a pair of Irish brothers, Damien and Teddy, from working together against the British invaders to turning against each other. The war took away not only their homes, but also their innocence.
Damien said before he died: I tried not to get into this war, and did, and now try to get out and can't. .
History goes away with the dust, like a wave of wheat blown by the wind, surging, but then it is clear and silent. The large swathes of wheat fields in the film are intoxicatingly green and heartbreaking at the same time. The old Irish man singing the Irish ballad "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" in the wind also became a timeless shot.
It is worth mentioning that the director is a native of the UK, and such courage is something we have always lacked. Thanks to this film, it gave me the opportunity to look back on a tragic part of Ireland's history.
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