Hunger
Drama
History
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
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.
2008-05-15
en
Cast
Director
Steve McQueen
Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham as Ray Lohan
Liam Cunningham as Priest
Helena Bereen as Raymond's Mother
Brian Milligan as Davey Gillen
Liam McMahon as Gerry Campbell
Karen Hassan as Gerry's Girlfriend
Frank McCusker as The Governor
Lalor Roddy as William
Des McAleer as Mr Sands
Paddy Jenkins as Hitman
Rory Mullen as Priest
Ben Peel as Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves
B.J. Hogg as Loyalist Orderly
Ciaran Flynn as 12 Year Old Bobby