A personal and joyful story about the power of memory, set in late 1960s Northern Ireland. At the center of the film is Buddy, 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.
'BELFAST' STORIES
Its existence and execution make sense from a historical perspective, but with its very personal tone, 'Belfast' runs dangerously close to being a film for no one but Kenneth Branagh himself.