Hunger

Hunger (15)

Spare, masterful dramatisation of the IRA Hunger Strike makes for a bold and beautiful British film

Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham
UK/Ireland, 2008, 1 hours 36 minutes

Fri 3 April 8.00pm - The Screen at Hay

A powerful film about the last few months in the life of Bobby Sands, the only MP ever to die in a British prison, over his right to 'political prisoner' status. It is Turner Prize winning artist turned director McQueen's attention to personal, human details, and his ability to tell the brutal story of the Maze prison protests with images rather than words that makes this such an extraordinary experience - one that really makes you consider what it means to die for a cause. The subject matter may be terrible but this is a daring, must-see film heralding the arrival of a new, original voice in British cinema.

Winner Camera d'Or Cannes Film Festival 2008

Winner of the Carl Foreman BAFTA for Special Achievement in a First Feature Film

External Links: Official Site / Guardian review