Loach revisits Irish struggle
British film-maker Ken Loach is in Cannes to promote his movie The Wind That Shakes The Barley, which is in the running for the Palme d'Or.
"In the end this is a story we couldn't avoid," Loach says.
Facing a packed press conference in Cannes, his film is one of two UK movies in the main competition at the festival.
The film recounts the early days of the Irish Republican Army in the 1920s and the struggle for independence from Britain.
It is unashamedly one-eyed, told entirely from the perspective of the Irish who turn to armed struggle after witnessing countless acts of brutality by British soldiers, who are seen to be indiscriminately violent.
"In the end this is a story we couldn't avoid," Loach says.
Facing a packed press conference in Cannes, his film is one of two UK movies in the main competition at the festival.
The film recounts the early days of the Irish Republican Army in the 1920s and the struggle for independence from Britain.
It is unashamedly one-eyed, told entirely from the perspective of the Irish who turn to armed struggle after witnessing countless acts of brutality by British soldiers, who are seen to be indiscriminately violent.
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