Gauze vs The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Gauze has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.4/10 for The Wind That Shakes the Barley). Gauze is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 2h 7m. The Wind That Shakes the Barley is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gauze
The Wind That Shakes the Barley| Gauze | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2006 |
| Length | 8m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nicholas Arujah, Noran Fikri Alezabi | Ken Loach |
| Main cast | Bashir Alsharbati, Talia Alsharbati, Rasha Alsharbati, Ahmed Rehan, Mjd Ali | Liam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy, Aidan O'Hare, Pádraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald |
Synopsis
Gauze
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
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