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Hunger

Name: Hunger
Director: Steve McQueen
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2008-05-15
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham, Helena Bereen, Laine Megaw

DramaHistory

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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Cast

Michael FassbenderStuart GrahamLiam CunninghamHelena BereenLaine MegawBrian MilliganLiam McMahonKaren HassanFrank McCuskerLalor RoddyDes McAleerHelen Madden

Director

Steve McQueen

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