Hunger
2008 · ★ 7.3 · Dir. Steve McQueen
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
- Released
- 2008-05-15
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Language
- EN
- Box office
- $2.7M
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Michael Fassbender
Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham
Ray Lohan
Liam Cunningham
Priest
Helena Bereen
Raymond's Mother
Laine Megaw
Raymond's Wife
Brian Milligan
Davey Gillen
Liam McMahon
Gerry Campbell
Karen Hassan
Gerry's Girlfriend
Frank McCusker
The Governor
Lalor Roddy
William
Des McAleer
Mr Sands
Helen Madden
Mrs. Sands
Keywords
1980sBiographyPrisonPrisonerNorthern irelandPolice brutalityBelfast, north irelandIraCatholic priestHunger strike
