UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
看的时候我其实不知道当时发生了什么，也不想追究英国当年有着什么样的社会问题，只是觉得故土难离、亲情爱情、两小无猜和思想双标在哪里、在哪个时代、在不同肤色种族之间都是永恒的话题，可能正是这些定义了我们是什么样的人。2000年以前的时光过的也很慢，伴随大规模拆迁也有不断迁徙的人，就像北京旧城改造前，就像三峡大坝修建前…然而时代的滚滚车轮不会扭过来回头看，回过头来的总是那近乡情更怯的灵魂，为了一切忘却的纪念~
绕不开的童年情结、故乡情结。街区教派冲突是面，故乡和童年是里。导演并没有渲染冲突的紧张和恐怖气氛，一直在表现记忆中家人和故乡是温情。虽然街区冲突结束了，一家人轻松起舞，可离去的结果仍然没有改变。有人在贝尔法斯特弥留，就有人从贝尔法斯特离开。
导演的童年自传故事，能看得出来对故乡的怀念与依恋之情，但整体的故事还是过于平淡，中间叙述点太多了，有点杂乱，并没有抓住中心来讲，复杂化了，比起相同类型的「罗马」来说还是差点火候。
就那一小片街区景来回用，那黑白不就是掩盖布景的假么，最大的问题情感跳戏啊，是一会儿感受孩童的天真，一会儿又体会父母的无奈。
演母亲的演员有点像莫妮卡·贝鲁齐和苏菲·玛索的集合体。
能不能别套那么多公式啊😅
看到主角是个小孩子，我一度认定又会出现很多讨厌的熊孩子情节，结果这是我见过难得懂事又可爱的男孩，为此不愿苛责这部电影。
以最近几年颁奖季的黑白电影，《Belfast》很带感，但觉不比阿方索•卡隆的《罗马》在类型上要更讨喜。但确是不同风格，《Belfast》叙事围绕小演员巴迪（演神了！），基本以他的视觉叙事，节奏快；而《罗马》却有更多悠然的静态美，更完整，更动人。尽管两者都有贴切的真实感。
最终全家迁往伦敦，临行妈妈准备了一小束花，爸爸陪同，送给小姑娘。感人的点。
困得说不利索话了
1960年代末，动荡时期，从一个贝尔法斯特长大的男孩的角度讲述的童年故事。
不及《八月》也不像《罗马》，反正哪一部都比它好看，属实是拍了个寂寞。
不是添加了黑白滤镜就是有年代的感觉，至少我看着这街道和布景实在太出戏了。
前半段睡了一会但醒了看完还是感觉到淡淡的忧伤，配乐和角色都好鲜活。Pa还是帅啊而且。。。歌舞部分仿佛彩色。。。
1.作为对故乡的私人回忆，从孩童的角度以黑白影像展开，就差不把Rome的tag打在credit里了，可惜这两部电影在段位上没法比较。但是相比之下这部电影对于情怀可能更拿捏地到位，这也解释了影院里很多Old White ppl都非常沉浸 2.从六十年代末开始，北爱尔兰的暴力冲突问题就一直没有完全解决，直到98年，动荡年代里也贡献了很多流向外地/海外的migrants。电影approach了关于离开还是留下的dilemma,最后选择了从以小见大的家庭故事展示一个相对温暖的怀旧出口，可能最让人动容就是影片结尾的几行“献给”了 3. Judi Dench stole the show.如果没有她三星妥妥的，但是有她的scene都如同在发光一般，成为观影中印象最深刻的部分。
不太行，演员很卖力，但是剧本不行，不知道怎么拿的提名的
以最近几年颁奖季的黑白电影，《Belfast》很带感，但觉不比阿方索•卡隆的《罗马》在类型上要更讨喜。但确是不同风格，《Belfast》叙事围绕小演员巴迪（演神了！），基本以他的视觉叙事，节奏快；而《罗马》却有更多悠然的静态美，更完整，更动人。尽管两者都有贴切的真实感。
黑白影像在搭景式的街道里被伪装成历史，混乱碎片化的童年记忆在一首又一首过度密集的歌曲里被随意展现在银幕之上，无法感受真实的历史痕迹和拼贴在一起的家庭生活气息，唯独共情的只有死去的那些人们。只有电影是可爱的，又想看一遍《双虎屠龙》了……
3.5 北爱尔兰降调版罗马/北爱人的梦想是去全世界开酒吧！（x
7.7分#献给贝尔法斯特往昔的一封黑白情书💌片子中善良快乐的情绪远超那份沉重，想看后来巴蒂有没有回来娶到凯瑟琳～ p.s.怀念北爱街头漫步的快乐时光
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