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Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ boosts Oscars hopes with Toronto prize

Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ boosts Oscars hopes with Toronto prize

Kenneth Branagh’s deeply personal dramedy “Belfast” captures the late-1960s outbreak of Northern Ireland’s violent “Troubles” from the perspective of Buddy, a nine-year-old boy

OTTAWA: “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh’s black-and-white homage to the hometown he fled as a child, raised its profile as an early Oscar frontrunner by winning the Toronto film festival’s coveted top prize Saturday.

Voted for by audiences, the People’s Choice Award at North America’s biggest film festival has become an increasingly accurate…

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