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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 60 wins & 255 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film is based on true events from Kenneth Branagh's childhood.
- GoofsAt 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 creditsEnd title cards read: "For the ones who stayed" / "For the ones who left" / "And for all the ones who were lost."
- ConnectionsFeatured in CTV National News: Episode dated 9 September 2021 (2021)
- SoundtracksDown to Joy
Written by Van Morrison (uncredited)
Performed by Van Morrison
Licensed courtesy of Exile Productions, Ltd.
Featured review
A lovely film, well filmed and beautifully acted by the main actors and particularly by Jude Hill. Filmed in black and white it caught the era well and the soundtrack by Van Morrison was perfect.
- gillwheeler-14313
- Feb 13, 2022
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Белфаст
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,250,870
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,779,410
- Nov 14, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $49,158,709
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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