Hunger (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Steve McQueen |
| Produced by | Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch |
| Written by | Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen |
| Starring | Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham |
| Music by | Paul Davies |
| Cinematography | Sean Bobbitt |
| Distributed by | Icon Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 2008 |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Hunger is a 2008 film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. It is written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen, who also directed.[1] It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival[2], winning the prestigious Caméra d'Or award for first-time filmmakers.[3]
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[edit] Plot
The film stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike and dirty protest in which IRA prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the 6 weeks prior to Sands’s death.
The film opens with prison guard, Raymond Lohan Stuart Graham preparing to leave for work; checking under his car for bombs, putting on his uniform in the locker room and ignoring the camaraderie of his colleagues.
Davey (Brian Milligan), a new IRA prisoner arrives at the gaol, following his refusal to wear the prison uniform, he is labeled "non-cooperative." His new roommate, Gerry (Liam McMahon), has smeared the cell with faeces from floor to ceiling and we witness their resistance to the prison regime.
Sands is the focus of the film. He deeply believes in the cause that he was imprisoned for and in the righteousness of dying for political prisoner status. In one of the film's most notable scenes Sands debates the morality of the hunger strike with a visiting priest (Liam Cunningham).
Yet to be released in the UK, the film has premiered in Cannes, where it opened the official sidebar section, Un Certain Regard, sparking both walkouts and a standing ovation.
[edit] Cast
Michael Fassbender .... Bobby Sands
Liam Cunningham .... Priest
Stuart Graham .... Ray Lohan
Liam McMahon .... Gerry
Lalor Roddy .... William
Laine Megaw .... Mrs Lohan
Helena Bereen .... Ray's mother
[edit] Reference
- ^ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/ten-entertainment-film-festival-cannes-b-a56114e.html
- ^ Anger as new film of IRA hero Bobby Sands screens at Cannes. The Observer (11 May 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Bobby Sands film wins Cannes award. Available: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0526/cannesfilmfestival.html Accessed: 26th May, 2008.
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