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082			_aDRA/HUN
100			_aMcQueen, Steve
245			_aHunger
260			_aUK _c2009
300			_a1 DVD
306			_a96 MINS
500			_aSteve McQueen directs this unflinching dramatisation of the last weeks in the life of Bobby Sands, the Provisional IRA member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the political wing of Belfast's Maze Prison. Ten prisoners starved themselves to death in protest at being denied official political prisoner status by Margaret Thatcher's government. Michael Fassbender plays Sands, whose passionate commitment to the cause for which he has been imprisoned and in the righteousness of dying for his political beliefs is portrayed in a central scene where he discusses the morality of the hunger strike with a visiting priest (Liam Cunningham). The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was given an 'Un Certain Regard' screening. 5.82 GBP
516			_aREGION 2
521			_a15 YEARS AND ABOVE
586			_aBAFTA WINNER THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR FOR THEIR FIRST FILM
942			_2ddc _cDVD