--- title: 'Hunger (2008)' type: 'film' director: 'Steve McQueen' released: '2008-01-01' runtime_minutes: 90 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'Ireland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hunger-2008' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986233/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Hunger (2008) 2008 · 90 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, Ireland ## Synopsis Hunger is a 2008 historical drama film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. It was directed by Steve McQueen and starred Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, and Liam McMahon. ## Credits - **Director:** [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen-2) - **Screenplay:** [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen-2), [Enda Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/enda-walsh) - **Original Music Composer:** [David Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-holmes-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Sean Bobbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bobbitt) - **Editor:** [Joe Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-walker) ## Cast - [Michael Fassbender](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-fassbender) as Bobby Sands - [Des McAleer](https://cinepixo.com/people/des-mcaleer) as Mr Sands - [Liam Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-cunningham) as Father Dominic Moran - [Ben Peel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-peel) as Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves - [Ciaran Flynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciaran-flynn) as Bobby Sands - [Liam McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-mcmahon) as Gerry Campbell - [Stuart Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-graham) as Raymond Lohan - [Lalor Roddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/lalor-roddy) as William - [Brian Milligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-milligan) as Davey Gillen - [Karen Hassan](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-hassan) as Gerry's girlfriend - [BJ Hogg](https://cinepixo.com/people/bj-hogg) as Loyalist orderly ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hunger-2008 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1637811); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.