Childhood memories in movies tend to be lovely or traumatised. At first, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast goes all-in on the former. The scene is black and white. In the backstreets of the Northern Irish capital, grinning kids play in front of terraced houses, a Shangri-La of cardboard swords and bin-lid shields. Parents enjoy the sun. But the date is specific: August 15 1969. Historians will tense. In real life, in that month sectarian riots erupted across the region. Shadowy figures duly loom. The camera jitters. Then that make-believe shield is called into defence against actual bricks.
电影中的童年记忆要么是可爱的，要么是痛苦的。在影片开始的时候，肯尼斯·布兰纳(Kenneth Branagh)导演的《贝尔法斯特》(Belfast)将所有重点都放在了前者身上。场景是黑白的。在北爱尔兰首都的后街小巷里，孩子们咧着嘴笑，在连栋房屋前玩耍。父母享受阳光。但那天的日期正好是：1969年8月15日。历史学家看到这个日子，就知道应该紧张了。在现实生活中，那个月整个地区爆发了新教和天主教之间的宗派骚乱。暴力的阴影出现了。镜头开始抖动。然后，孩子的玩具盾牌被用来防御真正的砖块。