Hunger
Summary: Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
Runtime: 1 h 36 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Film4, Channel Four Film, Northern Ireland Screen, Blast! Films, Sound & Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme
Distributor: The Criterion Collection
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,500,000
Domestic: $ 154,084
International: $ 3,031,029
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1980s27 year old28 year oldassassinationbabybare chested malebarefoot manbased on true storybathroombeatingbed sorebedsheetbelfast irelandbibleblack eyeblackbirdblanketbloodbloody knucklesbloody nosebloody woundbobby sandsbodybody carebody mutilationbreakfastbriefsbritish governmentbrother brother relationshipbrutalityburnbuscatholiccatholic priestcavity searchcell matechantingchildhood flashbackchildhood memorycigarette lightercigarette smokingclothingcontrabandcontroversyconvulsioncovered in bloodcross country runnercross country runningcrossing oneselfcrucifixcrueltycrying mandeath by starvationdeath of protagonistdeathbeddeterminationdirected by co writerdirectorial debutdisinfectantdistorted sounddoctordressingdyingeatingemaciationends with deathexcrementeye injuryf wordfacial injuryfamily relationshipsfecesfilthflowersfly the insectfoodfood trayfreedom fightergungunshotgurneyhaircuthallucinationhand injuryhand woundhead butthead injuryhead woundhistoric eventhospital visithuman excrementhuman rights violationhumiliationhungerhunger strikehypodermic needleillnessinhumane living conditionsiraira irish republican armyirelandirish mankisslistening to a radiolockerlocker roomlong takelooking at oneself in a mirrormaggotsmale frontal nuditymale full frontal nuditymale full rear nuditymale masturbationmale nuditymale pubic hairmale with long hairman carried in another man's armsman in bathtubmartyrmaze prison northern irelandmemorymirrormontagemother and fathermurdernegotiationnorthern irelandnorthern irish mannuditynursing homeold womanone word titleoppressionpainpassing outpeepholepenisphotographphysical deteriorationplastic glovespolice batonpolice brutalitypolice shieldpolice uniformpolice vanpolitical criminalpolitical prisonerpolitical protestpoliticspriestprion wall smeared with human excrementprisonprison cellprison guardprison hospitalprison officerprison visitprisonerprologue and epilogueprotestpubic hairpunched in the faceradio newsratrectal examreference to jesus christreference to margaret thatcherreference to the biblereference to the british parliamentreligionriotriot gearriot squadriverrolling a cigarettesadistic treatmentscissorssearching for a bomb under a carsheepskinshootingshot in the headshoutingsinksmugglingsnowfallsoaking handsspittingspitting in someone's facestarvationstarvingstarving to deathstorytellingsufferingsuicidesuitcasesurrendersweeping a floortearsterrorismterroristtesticlesthe troublestimeframe 1980stinfoiltitle spoken by charactertorturetragic eventtrashing a roomulster irelandundressingurinalurineurine samplevandalismvery little dialogueviolencevomitingworryingyear 1981yellingyoung man with beard
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