World News Headlines November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 Kenneth Branagh talks about the real life story behind his new film ‘Belfast’ 0 0000 0 0 more Kenneth Branagh talks about the real life story behind his new film ‘Belfast’ November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found November 12, 2021 Under One Ceiling Kenneth Branagh talks about the real life story behind his new film ‘Belfast’ Kenneth Branagh’s new movie Belfast is a cinematic memoir of the actor and filmmaker’s childhood in Northern Ireland. With a stellar cast featuring Judi Dench (Granny) and Ciarán Hinds (Pop), Jamie Dornan (Pa), and Caitriona Balfe (Ma), Luke Hill plays the young Branagh whose life is about to be turned upside down. Speaking to Stephen Colbert, Branagh explained the personal story behind the movie. “I was born in Belfast and I lived there until I was nine,” he began. “The story of the film is about something that happened to me when I was nine years old, and my family and I, we lived a life that could advertise the idea that it takes a village to raise a child.” Branagh said he lived on a street where many of his parents’ siblings lived and he grew up with many of his cousins close by. “In the hot summer of 1969, violence spread onto the streets and there was a moment when I thought I was hearing a swarm of bees a little way away but it wasn’t bees, I turned around, life got very surreal and it turned out to be a crowd of rioters that were coming up our street and eventually smashing the windows of the catholic houses, we were a predominantly protestant street, living very peacefully with out catholic neighbours,” Branagh continued. “Literally, the world turned upside down, the ground on which we stood was lifted, and the paving stones were put onto a barricade at the end of the street, either end of the street, we were walking on sand, literally the living metaphor of the world turning upside down, and really from that moment my life never followed any expected track.” Want more? Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ offers an indulgent origin story ‘Derry Girls’ helped me understand my parents’ experience growing up during The Troubles What ‘The Crown’ Season 4 gets wrong about the Troubles in Northern Ireland Related No related posts. tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Taylor Swift's lyric video for the 10-minute version of 'All Too Well' really lets those new lyrics sink in next The 10 best tweets of the week, including a burnt tongue, Richard Nixon, and a piano BBQ
