Belfast (2021) on Netflix
Buddy is a nine-year-old in Belfast with Ma, brother Will, and Granny and Pop while Pa works in England. In August 1969, riots reach their street, and the family weighs staying.
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Plot summary
Nine-year-old Buddy lives in Belfast with Ma, his older brother Will, and his grandparents Granny and Pop, while Pa, his father, works in England. In August 1969, Protestant loyalists attack Catholic homes and businesses on the street, and the residents put up a barricade. Pa comes back to check on the family. At church, the minister speaks of a fork in the road facing the congregation. Buddy takes an interest in Catherine, a Catholic classmate. Billy Clanton, a local criminal, demands that Pa join the cause and turns aggressive when Pa refuses. The family is behind on its tax bill, and Pa talks of emigrating to Sydney or Vancouver, which distresses Ma.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Belfast (2021)
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- Kenneth Branagh's Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay nominations for Belfast made him the first person ever nominated for Academy Awards in a total of seven different categories.
- In its seventh weekend Belfast surpassed the £14.4 million gross of Schindler's List, becoming the highest-grossing black-and-white film of the modern era.
- At the age of 87, Judi Dench became the second oldest nominee in the Best Supporting Actress category, after Gloria Stuart was nominated in the same category for Titanic in 1997.
- Belfast native Van Morrison composed the score and wrote a new song for the film, "Down to Joy", making it Kenneth Branagh's first film since Peter's Friends not to be composed by Patrick Doyle.
- Belfast was shot in color and converted to black-and-white in post-production; cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos said the choice "filters out any unnecessary noise" and allows actor performances to be brought to the forefront.
- Principal photography began in September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in and around London before moving to Belfast, and the entire film was shot in seven weeks.
