Hunger
Turkish title: Açlık
“An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.”
2008 · 1 h 36 min
Directed by 
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueenCast
Michael Fassbender 
Liam Cunningham Stuart Graham
Credits
Written by: Enda Walsh
Plot
The last six weeks in the life of Bobby Sands, who led a hunger strike in Maze Prison in 1981.
Sinekatalog’s take
Steve McQueen's debut dramatises Bobby Sands's hunger strike with painterly, unflinching images. Michael Fassbender is extraordinary, and the film's long central conversation is a tour de force.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (77,062 votes)
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