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Hunger (2008) -- The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.
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Director:
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Steve McQueen (written by)
Enda Walsh (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 2008 (Greece) more
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An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest. more
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The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 32 wins & 15 nominations more
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Visual and aural assault on the senses more (58 total)

Cast

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Michael Fassbender ... Bobby Sands

Stuart Graham ... Ray Lohan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helena Bereen ... Ray's mother
Billy Clarke ... Chef medical officer
Larry Cowan ... Prison Guard
Liam Cunningham ... Father Moran
Ciaran Flynn ... Young Billy
Geoff Gatt
Paddy Jenkins
Helen Madden ... Mrs Sands
Des McAleer ... Mr Sands
Dennis McCambridge ... Beaten Prisoner
Frank McCusker ... The gouvernor
Liam McMahon ... Gerry
Laine Megaw ... Mrs. Lohan
Brian Milligan ... Davey
Rory Mullen ... Priest
Ben Peel ... Stephen Graves - Prison guard
Lalor Roddy ... William
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96 min
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23 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Visual and aural assault on the senses, 11 June 2008
8/10
Author: Trevor from Sydney, Australia

Sydney Film Festival 2008 – I was looking forward to seeing Hunger at the Sydney Film Festival as it had just recently won the Camera d'Or (best first feature) at Cannes. The subject matter also seemed interesting being about Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker who starved to death in a Northern Ireland Prison in 1981 (more prisoners died after him). What I was not expecting was the aural and visual assault on the senses that this film puts the viewer through from the opening scenes. This is a brutal, unflinching and often unnerving film to watch that concentrates on the experiences of the prisoners and guards and of course in particular Bobby Sands at the prison in Northern Ireland. To give an example, when the prisoners refuse to wash they smear excrement over the walls, refuse to wear clothes and pile their rotting food in clumps around their cell as maggots crawl out. All of this is shown with unflinching clarity. The scene where Bobby is thrown out of his cell and washed by the guards is so brutally realistic that I could almost feel the punches and bruises inflicted on his body. The assault on our senses is exacerbated by long periods of little dialog at one point followed by one long scene of continuous conversation when Bobby's priest tries to explain to him that the hunger strike he intends on undertaking will be fruitless, a scene that is filmed in one continuous shot. Actor Michael Fassbender gives an astonishing performance as Bobby Sands, particularly the scenes of him wasting away during the hunger strike. While I certainly could not say I enjoyed the film it is certainly an engrossing film and one that is not easy to forget!

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