Belfast

2021 · 98 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.1 (1,232 votes)

Dir. Kenneth Branagh · Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Lewis McAskie, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds · Music Van Morrison

“No matter how far you go, you never forget where you came from.”

Drama

Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

VIBE

This film feels like a tender, sepia-toned memory, evoking the bittersweet pangs of childhood innocence against a backdrop of societal upheaval. It's an intimate embrace of family love and community spirit, tinged with the quiet ache of inevitable change and the difficult choices that shape a life. A deeply personal, reflective experience.

nostalgicbittersweetpoignantintimatehopefulsteadyblack-and-white cinematographynostalgic period pieceintimate character studysemi-autobiographicalfamily bondsloss of innocencehome and belongingpolitical upheaval

working classblack and whitebelfastnorth ireland1960sthe troubles (north ireland1966-98)