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A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)

A Quiet Day in Belfast poster
Directed by
Milad Bessada
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family deals with the daily danger and chaos of the conflict in early 1970s Belfast. British soldiers and the IRA fight in the streets.

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What happens

A Quiet Day in Belfast is a 1974 Canadian drama film set in Northern Ireland and starring Barry Foster, Margot Kidder and Sean McCann. British soldiers battle the Provisional Irish Republican Army in early 1970s Belfast. The film was based on a play by Andrew Dalrymple and was filmed in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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