Hunger

Hunger

2008 · 1 hr 36 min · Not Rated

Biography, Crime, Drama

Directors

Steve McQueen

Actors

  • Michael Fassbender
  • Liam Cunningham
  • Stuart Graham

Credits: 4

Summary

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.

More about this movie

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.