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Branagh's 2022 black and white film BELFAST is considered his most personal film. I offer that his 1995 black and white film IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER is equally autobiographical. And I guess that we will see a third black and white film in the future that would showcase the twilight of his career to close out the Branagh Trilogy. (Cross your fingers.)
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER is also the first film that Branagh does not appear. It is arguably the least popular film in his oeuvre, partially because of the release in the United States under the name A MIDWINTER'S TALE. For ease of understanding, this review will refer to it as MIDWINTER.
The storyline is brief, almost a British WAITING FOR GUFFMAN as a small grou...