Hunger (2008)

Hunger

Hunger (2008) is a spare, unflinching drama that recreates life inside Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison during the events leading up to the 1981 IRA hunger strike led by Bobby Sands. Anchored by a powerful breakout performance from Michael Fassbender, director Steve McQueen’s debut uses long takes, stark cinematography and minimal score to render the physical and psychological extremes of imprisonment, protest and political conviction. If you watch this film you will be drawn into an intense, often claustrophobic experience: slow, immersive scenes that emphasize the everyday grind of prison life; harrowing moments of violence and deprivation; and intimate, character-driven sequences that show how ideology, suffering and dignity intersect. The movie is as much a visceral portrait of bodily breakdown and endurance as it is a probing study of moral and political complexity. It’s emotionally demanding and visually rigorous — likely to leave viewers unsettled, moved, and thinking long after the credits roll.

Actors: Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan

Director: Steve McQueen

Runtime: 96 min

Genres: Biography, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 Metacritic Rating 82 /100 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.6 /10