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Hunger (2008)

15/05/2008 (IE)Drama, History1h 36m
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An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Michael Fassbender

      Michael Fassbender

      Bobby Sands

    2. Stuart Graham

      Stuart Graham

      Ray Lohan

    3. Liam Cunningham

      Liam Cunningham

      Priest

    4. Helena Bereen

      Helena Bereen

      Raymond's Mother

    5. Laine Megaw

      Raymond's Wife

    6. Brian Milligan

      Brian Milligan

      Davey Gillen

    7. Liam McMahon

      Liam McMahon

      Gerry Campbell

    8. Karen Hassan

      Karen Hassan

      Gerry's Girlfriend

    9. Frank McCusker

      Frank McCusker

      The Governor

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on May 31, 2025

    Well nobody could ever accuse Michael Fassbender is giving half measures here in this graphic and brutal biopic of Irish Republican prisoner Bobby Sands. Shortly after Margaret Thatcher took power in Britain, he was incarcerated in Belfast’s Maze Prison where his stance against not just the UK but the predominately Unionist views of the population of Northern Ireland at the time were seeing him and his fellow inmates living in what can only be described as squalid (though much of that was self-afflicted) conditions that would not have looked out of place in some South American dictatorship. Hi...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget-

    Revenue$2,724,474.00

    Keywords

    • prison
    • police brutality
    • prisoner
    • hunger strike
    • biography
    • northern ireland
    • ira (irish republican army)
    • belfast, north ireland
    • catholic priest
    • 1980s