Jude Hill does a star turn as the schoolboy (Buddy) innocent caught up in the stupidities of the beginnings of the "Belfast Troubles" in 1969. Ostensibly about Kenneth Branagh, this is based on true events.
I was around the same age as young Buddy when the Troubles broke out. I remember the events quite well - as most British of my age had their lives punctuated by some bomb or outrage or another.
"Belfast" points to the stupidity, sadness and sometimes humour of those trapped by events. I rather liked it. A time capsule - of the innocence of another time.
Unfortunately, "Belfast" will never gain any kind of traction outside of the UK as it is a British film about British event with fairly obscure British actors. It tells its story in a British, not American way. It's a lovely movie, beuatifully and sensitively filmed.
Recommended.
I was around the same age as young Buddy when the Troubles broke out. I remember the events quite well - as most British of my age had their lives punctuated by some bomb or outrage or another.
"Belfast" points to the stupidity, sadness and sometimes humour of those trapped by events. I rather liked it. A time capsule - of the innocence of another time.
Unfortunately, "Belfast" will never gain any kind of traction outside of the UK as it is a British film about British event with fairly obscure British actors. It tells its story in a British, not American way. It's a lovely movie, beuatifully and sensitively filmed.
Recommended.
