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Hunger (2008)

Film · 2008 · 96 min · NR · Drama · History

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

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.

Directed by Steve McQueen

Starring Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham, Helena Bereen, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Karen Hassan

Release dates in the United States

In cinemas5 December 2008
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First release anywhere15 May 2008

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