Hunger(2008)
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.
Movie: Hunger
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Bobby Sands
Ray Lohan
Priest
Raymond's Mother
Davey Gillen
Gerry Campbell
Gerry's Girlfriend
The Governor
William
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