Ireland 1919: Damian (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy (Pádric Delaney) are brothers fighting in a guerrilla war for Irish independence from the British. Workers from field and country unite to ambush the notorious Black and Tans squads. Through his military experience Damian, becomes politicised. When a treaty giving an apparent level of victory to the fighters is signed in 1921 the brothers find themselves pitted against each other in terms of their ideals for the country’s future.
