David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
和爱尔兰出身的英国朋友一起去看的，故事的情绪很私人，我完全体会不到，顺便问了朋友许多爱尔兰历史。
看了眼导演就明白为什么会私人到自我陶醉的程度。
（爱你的家人会在离别时讲"go now, don’t look back.” 啊 我也好想奶奶:( for those who stayed, for those who left, and for those who are lost; 讨论搬家时其中一册booklet是start a new journey in Vancouver, 这些事都已两年了
21.11.13电影院，没有字幕的北爱尔兰口音我是真的不太行，但应该没有影响到理解吧…整个电影院大部分都是老人，还是老人家品味更好。我旁边的那个人结尾哭到泣不成声，大概也是一个离开家乡的人。
请允许一个没有护照的人肆意妄为的臆测一下，本片能提名奥斯卡最佳影片候选名单完全是熟人文化的恶果！关注好莱坞二十八年，从未见过如此平庸的M TV串烧片！白瞎了本该珍视的历史题材和女主很耐看的45度侧颜。
居然有人拿这部片子和罗马比，完全是两个地域和冲突背景的东西，而且此片的质感不强，做成黑白格调没什么意义。贝尔法斯特把那种对立表现地很弱，甚至没有表现对立面，主要刻画的是更让人不安的内部矛盾。因为各种原因背井离乡的故事很多，但贝尔法斯特并不出色。
可能是有点想拍一部像罗马一样的电影，不过感觉还是差了一些。不过对童年和家人的描绘很是不错，在混乱的时期，家人就是最好的支柱。另，配乐很不错，尤其还听到了Declan唱过的几首民谣
乱糟糟一片，虚情假意不知所云。快进看的，浪费了宝贵的一小时。
电影最后直接道破天机，故乡的童年回忆难道不就是关于离开的人留着的人和迷失的人吗？确实和罗马有异曲同工之妙，但基调显然没有那么克制，最为动人的几个镜头是一家人总是坐在一起看电影。所以我觉得无关技巧，导演只是想尽情地勾勒那段Your whole family haves you的回忆罢了。另外，片头的几场调度很迷人。
【8】一个地域内新旧宗教的更迭与冲突，以及由其造成的各种混乱的社会现象，聚焦于具体的一个家庭内，甚至是一个小男孩，这种处理让全片的感情变得更加真挚，黑白片独有的精妙构图和光影也是锦上添花，在平淡中细腻、动人的一部片子。
内容撑不起这么高规格的制作。画面很有质感，但从头到尾完全没被打动，只觉得好漫长（结果才一个半小时多…）
导演的平庸与无能造就了电影无法弥补的缺陷，结构与情节的缺失成为了整个故事最大的败笔。我只想问导演一个问题，您是怎么做到能「将角色放置在一个被宗教冲突围绕的环境里，却让宗教元素在角色的生活空间中完全消失不见的」？这种「核心内容」的缺失根本不是您硬塞一两场教堂戏就能弥补的。但凡长点心，您都该拍拍宗教斗争的残酷、社区的冷暖、乱局的惨烈、以及父母矛盾对于角色内心较深层面的影响，而不是翻来覆去一个没心没肺儿童日常的流水账，太肤浅了。
太尼玛做了，尴尬😅
被感动到了。很符合疫情当下动乱的世界，多少人留下，多少人离开，多少人迷失……
和《罗马》相反，布拉纳是以一种温情的目光回望历史，回望那个安土重迁的故乡，在感伤之外裹一层幽默的糖衣，试图去治愈一切。异时空的彩色画面，出跳的西部片音乐，也给这个黑白故事附上一层反讽调子，可惜这些都是从外部去带节奏，和人物本身的关系不大，那些正面呈现的冲突打斗，华而不实的运镜，也是商业片拍多了的毛病。丹奇贡献了两个泪点，去不了的香格里拉，不要回头望的瞩望，两场戏都是不对称对话，将遗憾keep to herself，这才是含蓄的力量。
For the ones who stayed. For the ones who left. And for all the ones who were lost. 确实看出很多《一一》的味道，动荡的年月里更加感慨。
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对这种充满复古风的儿童电影毫无抵抗力，虽然电影只是通过儿童视角在呈现那个年代大人的世界，但是依然充满着活力和童真
彩色会让故事更生动，本来就是个活泼的故事和背景，就没必要去用黑白。何况你的配乐还那么流行。
Go. Go now. Don't look back. I love you, son.
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