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* OscarBait: The film covers several typical Oscar Bait traits: DeliberatelyMonochrome, dealing with people keeping their spirits up during a harsh historical period and for being a VerySpecialEpisode to Branagh as it's partially autobiographical, but ultimately subverted as it didn't earn any Oscars despite getting seven nominations.
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** On a lighter example, Granny scoffs at the concept of a [[Film/ChittyChittyBangBang film about a flying car]] but, when the family go and see it, she's as captivated as Buddy when Chitty flies off the cliff.

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** On For a lighter example, Granny scoffs at the concept of a [[Film/ChittyChittyBangBang film about a flying car]] but, when the family go and see it, she's as captivated as Buddy when Chitty flies off the cliff.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Pa, unnerved by the recent riot, says "All that nonsense will stop soon enough." That nonsense lasts for 3 decades.

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Pa, unnerved by the recent riot, says "All that nonsense will stop soon enough." That nonsense lasts for 3 decades.
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''Belfast'' is a 2021 ComingOfAgeStory set in the titular Northern-Irish city in TheSixties. It follows Buddy, a child living with his working class family as he navigates the culture and social tumult of the era, such as UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.

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''Belfast'' is a 2021 ComingOfAgeStory set in the titular Northern-Irish UsefulNotes/{{Northern Ir|eland}}ish city in TheSixties. It follows Buddy, a child living with his working class family as he navigates the culture and social tumult of the era, such as UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.
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** On a lighter example, Granny scoffs at the concept of a [[Film/ChittyChittyBangBang film about a flying car]] but, when the family go and see it, she's as captivated as Buddy when Chitty flies off the cliff.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Pa, unnerved by the recent riot, says "All that nonsense will stop soon enough." That nonsense lasts for decades.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Pa, unnerved by the recent riot, says "All that nonsense will stop soon enough." That nonsense lasts for 3 decades.
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Moira is Buddy's cousin, not a significantly older kid who spends so much time with him for no good reason


* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Buddy's older friend Moira, after roping him into Billy Clanton's gang, stands in shock after the confrontation with Clanton and the police, and rushes to hug Buddy and his family afterward.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Buddy's older friend cousin Moira, after roping him into Billy Clanton's gang, stands in shock after the confrontation with Clanton and the police, and rushes to hug Buddy and his family afterward.



* ToxicFriendInfluence: Moira, the older girl who inexplicably takes an interest in Buddy. She ropes him into shoplifting, then drags him into her gang, which turns out to be Billy Clanton's Protestant goon squad. After the confrontation with Clanton, she's shown having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment as the riot still rages behind her.

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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Moira, the older girl who inexplicably takes an interest in Buddy. cousin. She ropes him Buddy into shoplifting, then drags him into her gang, which turns out to be Billy Clanton's Protestant goon squad. After the confrontation with Clanton, she's shown having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment as the riot still rages behind her.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Billy has no problem using Buddy as a human shield during a confrontation with the police. Doubles as WouldHitAGirl because he has no issues with using Ma as a shield either.
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''Belfast'' is a 2021 ComingOfAgeStory set in the titular [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] city in TheSixties. It follows Buddy, a child living with his working class family as he navigates the culture and social tumult of the era, such as UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.

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''Belfast'' is a 2021 ComingOfAgeStory set in the titular [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] Northern-Irish city in TheSixties. It follows Buddy, a child living with his working class family as he navigates the culture and social tumult of the era, such as UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.
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* MovingAwayEnding: The movie ends with Buddy and his family leaving Belfast for England, leaving behind only Buddy's grandmother.
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* KnightOfCerebus: Billy Clanton, a genuinely terrifying presence in an otherwise fairly light-hearted film. [[DownplayedTrope This is downplayed, however]], since the danger of the Troubles is present throughout the film, even in scenes where Billy is not directly involved.

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* KnightOfCerebus: Billy Clanton, a genuinely terrifying presence in an otherwise fairly light-hearted film. [[DownplayedTrope This is downplayed, however]], since the danger of the Troubles is present throughout the film, ever-present, even in scenes where Billy is not directly involved.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ma and Pa.

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