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Hunger

An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.

7.2(1,276)20081h 36m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$2.7M
Language
English
  • prison
  • police brutality
  • prisoner
  • hunger strike
  • biography
  • northern ireland
  • ira (irish republican army)
  • belfast, north ireland
  • catholic priest
  • 1980s

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Ireland, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR5 Dec 2008
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1531 Oct 2008
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+6 Jul 2008
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)1615 May 2008
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1520 May 2009
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical15 May 2008
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1613 Aug 2009
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A31 Oct 2008
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical27 Apr 2012
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR15+21 Oct 2008
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical (limited)1615 May 2008
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1817 Mar 2016

Frequently asked questions

Hunger was released on 15 May 2008.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/31/2025

    7/10

    Well nobody could ever accuse Michael Fassbender is giving half measures here in this graphic and brutal biopic of Irish Republican prisoner Bobby Sands. Shortly after Margaret Thatcher was elected in Britain, he was incarcerated in Belfast’s Maze Prison where his stance against not just the UK but the predominately Unionist views of the population of Northern Ireland at the time were seeing him and his fellow inmate…

  • B

    badelf

    11/22/2025

    8/10

    Ouch. Margaret Thatcher was a huge bitch. If people can watch this movie and not realize that oversized, corrupt governments are pure evil, then something is deeply wrong. Fassbinder is absolutely phenomenal in this.

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