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Hunger (2008)

7.7 Listal rating
7.7 IMDB rating

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HUNGER is the stunningly assured debut feature from Turner Prize-winning visual artist Steve McQueen. Winner of the 2008 Cannes Camera d’Or among other top international prizes, the film is a work of astonishing precision co-written by acclaimed Irish playwright Enda Walsh and starring Michael Fassbender (300, Tarantino’s upcoming INGLOURIOUS B ... (more)


Trailers for Hunger

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Starring (View all) :
Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham

Stuart Graham

Ray Lohan
Helena Bereen

Helena Bereen

Ray's mother
Larry Cowan

Larry Cowan

Prison Guard
Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

Father Moran
Helen Madden

Helen Madden

Mrs Sands
Des McAleer

Des McAleer

Mr Sands
Dennis McCambridge

Dennis McCambridge

Beaten Prisoner
Laine Megaw

Laine Megaw

Mrs. Lohan


Written by (View all) :
Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

written by
Enda Walsh

Enda Walsh

writer


Lists

21 votes
Caméra d'Or (Golden Camera - Cannes Film Festival) (33 items) by Jpit

Published 9 months, 1 week ago

1 comment

18 votes
Watched in 2009 (209 items) by Moon

Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago

7 votes
Best British films of the last 25 years (25 items) by inanehaze

Published 2 months, 2 weeks ago

1 comment

5 votes
Éire (40 items) by ♥ CHANi

Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago

4 comments

4 votes
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2008 (22 items) by etrehumain

Published 1 year ago


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Astounding visual masterpiece...

Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at Sep 27 1:55
"There is no such thing as political murder, political bombing or political violence. There is only criminal murder, criminal bombing and criminal violence." Nominally, Hunger is a motion picture about the life of IRA activist Bobby Sands who died in 1981 as the result of a hunger strike. But this startling feature film debut of British visual artist Steve McQueen (no relation to the late actor whose name he oddly shares) doesn't hew to conventional biopic storytelling - instead, it's essentially a relentless and powerful montage of events (mainly the countless protests) that unfolded in Belfast's notorious Maze prison during the 1980s. As a matter of fact, Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender) is not properly introduced until approximately half an hour into the movie. With Hunger,...Read more