Belfast

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Coming-of-Age Period Drama Political Drama Biography Drama Romance

A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

97K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,638

214

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 63 wins & 259 nominations total

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Trivia
The film is based on true events from Kenneth Branagh's childhood.

Goofs
At about 33 minutes, a diagram of the solar system is shown which omits Pluto. Pluto was considered a planet in 1969 and would have been included in such a diagram at that time.

Quotes
Auntie Violet: The Irish were born for leavin', otherwise the rest of the world'd have no pubs.

Crazy credits
End title cards read: "For the ones who stayed" / "For the ones who left" / "And for all the ones who were lost."

Connections
Featured in CTV National News: Episode dated 9 September 2021 (2021)

Soundtracks
Down to Joy
Written by Van Morrison (uncredited)
Performed by Van Morrison
Licensed courtesy of Exile Productions, Ltd.

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Featured review

8/10

Dark days from a family's perspective.

This film was funny, heartfelt, sad and scary all in one. Although it is based at the start of the troubles the film didn't fully focus on the terror those times caused. It was good to see the Northern Irish humour being portrayed. Belfast isn't just about bombs and religion.

For those distraught about the film being black and white. Seriously?! I didn't even notice after about the 30seconds. It brought the film to its time and gave it charm. In all a great, mostly, light film based around a horrible time in Belfast.