Hunger

The extraordinary feature film debut from director Steve McQueen, Hunger is a visceral and unflinching examination of political resistance and human endurance. Set inside Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison in 1981, the film follows IRA prisoner Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and his fellow inmates as they protest British government policy by embarking on a hunger strike.

Based on a true story, McQueen approaches this turbulent chapter in the history of “The Troubles” with remarkable restraint, allowing the stark imagery, extraordinary performances, and long stretches of silence to convey the physical and psychological toll of the protest. Anchored by Fassbender’s BAFTA award-winning performance, the film is both a deeply intimate portrait of one man's determination and a powerful meditation on the limits of political resistance and human sacrifice, Winner of the Camera d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, this is an uncompromising work of cinema that remains a haunting look at one of the most tension-fueled times in modern European history.

_{2008, 96 minutes, UK/Ireland, In English and Gaelic, Directed by Steve McQueen, Unrated, Digital}