Hunger (2008 film)

Hunger (2008 film)

Infobox Film
name = Hunger


image_size =
caption = Film poster
director = Steve McQueen
producer = Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch
writer = Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen
starring = Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham
music = Paul Davies
cinematography = Sean Bobbitt
editing =
distributor = Icon Entertainment
released = 2008
runtime = 90 mins
country = Ireland
language = English
budget =
gross =
website =
amg_id = 1:452736
imdb_id = 0986233

"Hunger" is a 2008 film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. It is written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen, who also directed. [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/ten-entertainment-film-festival-cannes-b-a56114e.html] It was made by Blast! Films and commissioned by Channel 4 and Film4. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival [cite news |title=Anger as new film of IRA hero Bobby Sands screens at Cannes |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/cannes2008/story/0,,2279375,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=16 |publisher=The Observer |date=2008-05-11 |accessdate=2008-05-14] , winning the prestigious Caméra d'Or award for first-time filmmakers. [cite news |title=Bobby Sands film wins Cannes award. |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0526/cannesfilmfestival.html |date=2008-05-26 |accessdate=2008-05-26] It has since won the Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival.

Plot

The film stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike and participated in the no wash protest (led by Brendan "The Dark" Hughes) in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ 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 and Ireland (31st October 2008), the film has premiered at Cannes, where it opened the official sidebar section, Un Certain Regard, sparking both walkouts and a standing ovation.

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

Reference

External links

*imdb title|id=0986233|title=Hunger
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/arts/fmmcqueen.php New York Times review]
* [http://uk.player.playnetworks.net/popup.php?mid=1327&version=2.0&channel_user_id=441100018-1&width=640&height=380&bgcolor=000000 Offical trailer]


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