Top billed cast

1. 

   Jude Hill

   Buddy

2. 

   Jamie Dornan

   Pa

3. 

   Caitríona Balfe

   Ma

4. 

   Lewis McAskie

   Will

5. 

   Judi Dench

   Granny

6. 

   Ciarán Hinds

   Pop

7. 

   Lara McDonnell

   Moira

8. 

   Colin Morgan

   Billy Clanton

9. 

   Gerard Horan

   Mackie

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2022-09-23

This is the kind of cinema that we always hope to see - brilliantly fresh, tight script, beautifully shot, amazing performances, an autobiographical-based story of the directory himself, Sir Kenneth Branagh, and ... Van Morrison soundtrack. In essence, it's a coming-of-age movie of an adolescent, set against "The Troubles" of Northern Ireland. Buddy has a special love for movies and theater, encouraged by his cranky, old grandmother (Dame Judi Dench). The beautiful relationship between the grandfather and grandmother is mirrored perfectly in the mother and father, and then again in Buddy's bud...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$11,000,000.00

Revenue
$49,158,343.00

Keywords

• working class
• black and white
• belfast, north ireland
• 1960s
• the troubles (north ireland, 1966-98)