So you were in the film, but you got cut out?

I got cut out, yes.

Oh, wow.

It was the first time I...

Stick with it.

Yeah, it was the first time I hadn't had to write that letter saying, you were great.

It's not you, it's cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.

In today's episode, an Irish family experiences a tumultuous time in director Kenneth Branagh's drama, Belfast.

The semi-autobiographical tale follows a working-class family and their nine-year-old son during the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital,

where political and religious clashes turn their world upside down and change their lives forever.

In addition to Belfast, Mr. Brana's directorial credits include the feature films Much to Do About Nothing,

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Hamlet, Thor, Cinderella, and Murder on the Orient Express.

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

Mr. Brana shares insight into the making of Belfast with fellow director Christopher Nolan.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Thank you for being here tonight, Ken.

And thank you for this wonderful movie.

I don't want to jump ahead with the conversations we've already had about the film.

But it's clearly a very personal work, first and foremost.

And so just to kick off, the simple version of this question is, what's true?

You know, how much of this is from your life is real recollections?

Well, first of all, thank you very much for doing this.

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