Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. (96 mins.)
| Hunger (2008) | |
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Rating: 7.6/10 (59,640 votes) Director: Steve McQueen Writer: Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen Stars: Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon Runtime: 96 min Rated: NOT RATED Genre: Biography, Drama Released: 31 Oct 2008 |
| Plot: Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit. | |
