HUNGER
synopsis
Raymond Lohan wearily follows his normal routine: an ordinary man doing the job of a prison officer in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, 1981. Working within one of the infamous H-Blocks, where republican prisoners are on the Blanket and No-Wash protest, is a living hell for both prisoner and prison officer.
international title: | Hunger |
original title: | Hunger |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Steve McQueen |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | GR 02/10/2008, NL 09/10/2008, UK 31/10/2008, BE 12/11/2008, FR 26/11/2008, PT 04/12/2008, HR 07/01/2009, NO 27/03/2009, SE 03/04/2009, DK 20/05/2009, DE 13/08/2009, IT 27/04/2012 |
screenplay: | Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen |
cast: | Liam Cunningham, Michael Fassbender |
cinematography by: | Sean Bobbitt |
film editing: | Joe Walker |
art director: | Tom McCullagh |
costumes designer: | Anushia Nieradzik |
producer: | Robin Gutch, Laura Hastings-Smith |
production: | Blast! Films, Blast! Films |
backing: | Channel 4/Film4, Northern Ireland Screen, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Welsh Creative IP Fund |
distributor: | Pathé Distribution, Seven Films, Paradiso Filmed Entertainment Belgique, MK2 Distribution, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais (NOS Audiovisuais), Atlantic Film AB, Fugu, BIM Distribuzione |