Belfast (2021)
Belfast is a coming-of-age drama by Kenneth Branagh that centers on a family, specifically one boy in the family, living in 1969 Belfast, Ireland. The film chronicles the young man's childhood as he experiences love, drama, and more in a socially tumultuous time in Ireland's history as Protestant loyalists and Catholics find themselves at war with one another.
Belfast
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- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Release Date
- November 12, 2021
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features , Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Jude Hill , Lewis McAskie , Caitriona Balfe , Jamie Dornan , Judi Dench , Ciarán Hinds
- Writers
- Kenneth Branagh
- Runtime
- 97 minutes
- Budget
- $20–25 million
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