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Hunger

An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.

2008 · NR · 1h 36m

Directed by Steve McQueen

7.2

TMDB audience score
1,280 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Michael Fassbender
    Bobby Sands

  • Stuart Graham
    Ray Lohan

  • Liam Cunningham
    Priest

  • Helena Bereen
    Raymond's Mother

  • Laine Megaw
    Raymond's Wife

  • Brian Milligan
    Davey Gillen

  • Liam McMahon
    Gerry Campbell

  • Karen Hassan
    Gerry's Girlfriend

  • Frank McCusker
    The Governor

  • Lalor Roddy
    William

  • Des McAleer
    Mr Sands

  • Helen Madden
    Mrs. Sands

  • Paddy Jenkins
    Hitman

  • Geoff Gatt
    Bearded Man

  • Rory Mullen
    Priest

  • Ben Peel
    Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves

  • B.J. Hogg
    Loyalist Orderly

  • Billy Clarke
    Chief MO