Hunger (film)

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British film Irish film film historical drama film

Hunger is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen that portrays the 1981 Irish hunger strike led by IRA member Bobby Sands in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison.

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Label	Occurrences
Hunger (film) canonical	1
film "Hunger"	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ Irish film ⓘ film ⓘ historical drama film ⓘ
awardReceived	British Independent Film Award for Best Actor ⓘ British Independent Film Award ⓘ surface form: British Independent Film Award for Best Film Camera d’Or ⓘ surface form: Caméra d'Or
basedOn	Hunger strikes of 1981 ⓘ surface form: 1981 Irish hunger strike
cinematographer	Sean Bobbitt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsTimePeriod	1981 ⓘ
director	Steve McQueen ⓘ
distributor	Film4 Productions ⓘ surface form: Channel 4 Films Pathé ⓘ surface form: Pathe
editor	Joe Walker ⓘ
filmingLocation	Northern Ireland ⓘ Republic of Ireland ⓘ
genre	biographical film ⓘ drama film ⓘ political film ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Hunger strikes of 1981 ⓘ surface form: 1981 Irish hunger strike Bobby Sands ⓘ
musicBy	David Holmes ⓘ
narrativeFocus	final weeks of Bobby Sands ⓘ
portrays	Bobby Sands ⓘ Irish Republican Army ⓘ The Troubles ⓘ prison hunger strike ⓘ
premiereEvent	Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
premiereYear	2008 ⓘ
producer	Laura Hastings-Smith ⓘ Michael Fassbender ⓘ Robin Gutch ⓘ
productionCompany	Blast! Films ⓘ Film4 Productions ⓘ Northern Ireland Screen ⓘ
releaseYear	2008 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	96 ⓘ
screenwriter	Enda Walsh ⓘ Steve McQueen ⓘ
setting	Maze Prison ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ
starredActor	Liam Cunningham ⓘ Michael Fassbender ⓘ Stuart Graham ⓘ

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Steve McQueen → notableWork → Hunger (film) ⓘ

Bobby Sands → subjectOf → Hunger (film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: film "Hunger"