Hunger
2008, Film, 96 min, Biography, Crime, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 77
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.
Directed by Steve McQueen
Cast
- Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands
- Liam Cunningham as Father Dominic Moran
- Stuart Graham as Raymond Lohan
- Laine Megaw as Raymond's Wife
- Brian Milligan as Davey Gillen
- Liam McMahon as Gerry Campbell
- Karen Hassan as Gerry's Girlfriend
- Frank McCusker as The Governor
- Lalor Roddy as William
- Helen Madden as Mrs Sands
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