Belfast12A

Directed by Kenneth Branagh | UK | 2021 | 1h 38m | Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Caitríona Balfe, Ciarán Hinds

Amid the social struggles and sectarian violence of 1960s Belfast, a young boy and his family get caught up in the increasing turmoil leading them to face a momentous choice. Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama is a poignant story of love, childhood and family ties, shot in sumptuous black-and-white. Winner of Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes and nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and six BAFTAs (including Best Film).

Reviews

‘Kenneth Branagh has made a masterpiece…It’s a movie of formal beauty, precise performances, complex and textured writing’
★★★★★
Kevin Maher, The Times

‘There is a terrific warmth and tenderness to Kenneth Branagh’s elegiac, autobiographical movie…spryly written, beautifully acted and shot in a lustrous monochrome.’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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