Hunger
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison during the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film explores what happens when body and mind are pushed to the limit. Raymond Lohand wearily follows his normal routine: an ordinary man doing the job of a prison officier in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, 1981. Working within one of the infamous H-Blocks, where republican prisoners are on the blanket and No-Wash protest, is a living hell for both prisoners and prsion officiers. Davey Gillen, new prisoner, resolutely refuses to wear the prison uniform - he is no common criminal. So joining the Blanket protest, the shares a filthy cell with another "non-conforming" republican prisoner Gerry Campbell. Gerry teaches Davey how to smuggle items and exchange "comms" (communications) with the outside world, passing them on to their H-Block leader Bobby Sands at Sunday Mass. Bobby Sands meets Father Dominic Moran. The coversation immediately intensifies into a battle words that illuminates the prisoners determination to begin another Hunger Strike through the priest's questioning of motives and morality.
England
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2008
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2008
Script
Go Walsh
Steve McQueen
Go Walsh
Steve McQueen
Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt BSC
Sean Bobbitt BSC
Editing
Joe Walker
Joe Walker
Production
Laura Hastings-Smith
Laura Hastings-Smith
Cast
Brian Milligan
Liam Cunningham
Michael Fassbender
Fate isn’t always fair. Sometimes, despite our best intentions, we find ourselves helplessly subject to fate’s fickle whim
Brian Milligan
Liam Cunningham
Michael Fassbender
Fate isn’t always fair. Sometimes, despite our best intentions, we find ourselves helplessly subject to fate’s fickle whim
Music
David Holmes
Leo Abrahams
David Holmes
Leo Abrahams
Festivals
14th Festival on Wheels
GOLDEN GAIN INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION
14th Festival on Wheels
GOLDEN GAIN INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION