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Hunger
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the b...
Drama, History - 2008
Hunger
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7.5
90%
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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.
Director:
,
Steve McQueen
Cast:
,
Liam Cunningham
,
Michael Fassbender
,
Stuart Graham
,
Helena Bereen
,
Laine Megaw
,
Liam McMahon
,
Frank McCusker
,
Karen Hassan
,
Brian Milligan

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
15 May 2008
Country:
IE, GB, XI
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$2,724,474
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Award49 wins & 39 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Midway through the movie there's an epic 24-minute scene...in the claustrophobic cell block the protesters have already internalized their cause so deeply that the world of words seems distant and inconsequential.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
17 Apr 2009
fresh:
It's a strength of this carefully composed, almost obsessively controlled picture that it has no interest in the conventional biographical focus on a subject.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr 2009
fresh:
Hunger is daunting and powerful work.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
16 Apr 2009
fresh:
Hunger is not about the rights and wrongs of the British in Northern Ireland, but about inhumane prison conditions, the steeled determination of IRA members like Bobby Sands, and a rock and a hard place.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
16 Apr 2009
fresh:
Hunger -- the disturbing, provocative, brilliant feature debut from British director Steve McQueen -- does for modern film what Caravaggio did to Renaissance painting.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
10 Apr 2009
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