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Hunger

2008

IMDb

Steve McQueen

2008·TV-MA·United KingdomUnited Kingdom, IrelandIreland
Award tierSilver
Metascore
BiographyCrimeDramaThrillerIndie

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.

Cast

Laine Megaw·Stuart Graham·Michael Fassbender·Liam Cunningham

Producers

Iain Canning·Peter Carlton·Edmund Coulthard·Robin Gutch·Laura Hastings-Smith

Languages

United KingdomEnglishgle

Major Awards

2 wins · 5 nominations

Wins (2)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Golden Camera

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Critics' Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Un Certain Regard

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Nominations (5)

Best Picture

British Independent Film Awards (2008)

Best British Independent Film

London Critics Circle Film Awards (2009)

British Film of the Year

Best Director

London Critics Circle Film Awards (2009)

British Director of the Year

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Critics' Awards

Cahiers du Cinéma (2008)

Best Film

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Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Un Certain Regard Award

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