Hunger poster

MOVIE

Hunger

An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.

2008 • HD • NR • 96min

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Story

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.

Country Ireland Language English

Genre Drama History

Keywords #prison #prisoner #police brutality #1980s #biography #catholic priest #northern ireland #ira irish republican army #hunger strike #belfast north ireland

Production Blast! Films Film4 Productions Northern Ireland Screen

Credits

Enda Walsh photo

Enda Walsh

writer

Steve McQueen photo

Steve McQueen

director

Michael Fassbender photo

Michael Fassbender

Bobby Sands

Stuart Graham photo

Stuart Graham

Ray Lohan

Liam Cunningham photo

Liam Cunningham

Priest

Helena Bereen photo

Helena Bereen

Raymond's Mother

Brian Milligan photo

Brian Milligan

Davey Gillen

Liam McMahon photo

Liam McMahon

Gerry Campbell

Karen Hassan photo

Karen Hassan

Gerry's Girlfriend

Frank McCusker photo

Frank McCusker

The Governor

Lalor Roddy photo

Lalor Roddy

William

Des McAleer photo

Des McAleer

Mr Sands

Paddy Jenkins photo

Paddy Jenkins

Hitman

Rory Mullen photo

Rory Mullen

Priest

Ben Peel

Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves

B.J. Hogg photo

B.J. Hogg

Loyalist Orderly

Ciaran Flynn photo

Ciaran Flynn

12 Year Old Bobby

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