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Hunger( 2008)

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

Overview

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.

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      Michael Fassbender

      Bobby Sands

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      Stuart Graham

      Ray Lohan

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      Liam Cunningham

      Priest

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      Helena Bereen

      Raymond's Mother

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      Laine Megaw

      Raymond's Wife

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      Brian Milligan

      Davey Gillen

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      Liam McMahon

      Gerry Campbell

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      Karen Hassan

      Gerry's Girlfriend

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      Frank McCusker

      The Governor

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      Lalor Roddy

      William

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      Des McAleer

      Mr Sands

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      Helen Madden

      Mrs. Sands

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      Paddy Jenkins

      Hitman

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      Geoff Gatt

      Bearded Man

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      Rory Mullen

      Priest

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      Ben Peel

      Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves

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      B.J. Hogg

      Loyalist Orderly

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      Billy Clarke

      Chief MO

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      Ciaran Flynn

      12 Year Old Bobby

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat May 31 2025
    Well nobody could ever accuse Michael Fassbender is giving half measures here in this graphic and brutal biopic of Irish Republican prisoner Bobby Sands. Shortly after Margaret Thatcher took power in Britain, he was incarcerated in Belfast’s Maze Prison where his stance against not just the UK but the predominately Unionist views of the population of Northern Ireland at the time were seeing him and his fellow inmates living in what can only be described as squalid (though much of that was self-afflicted) conditions that would not have looked out of place in some South American dictatorship. His...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    2724474.00

    Keywords

    • prison
    • police brutality
    • prisoner
    • hunger strike
    • biography
    • northern ireland
    • ira (irish republican army)
    • belfast, north ireland
    • catholic priest
    • 1980s