hunger

Moises 2022-03-25 09:01:11

Northern Irish Republican Army leader Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) was arrested for leading a march against the authorities. In Metz prison, he still did not give up the struggle. The prison was filled with six-square-metre closed cells and housed NIRA prisoners, who were naked and refused to wear prison uniforms to defy Margaret Thatcher's decree that stripped prisoners of their rights. They pass the message by covering the ditches under the Transfiguration doors with filthy food and excrement.
The prisoners were kept abreast of news of the IRA's struggle with the British government through a smuggled radio. Finally, when Sands decides to go on a hunger strike, he has a wonderful debate with Father Dominic Moran (Liam Cunningham), but it doesn't help.
… Won the Golden Camera Award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.

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Hunger quotes

  • Father Dominic Moran: I want to know whether your intent is just purely to commit suicide here.

    Bobby Sands: You want me to argue about the morality of what I'm about to do and whether it's really suicide or not? For one, you're calling it suicide. I call it murder. And that's just another wee difference between us two. We're both Catholic men, both Republicans. But while you were poaching salmon in beautiful Kilrea, we were being burnt out of our house in Rathcoole. Similar in many ways, Dom, but life and experiences focused our beliefs differently. You understand me?

  • Bobby Sands: I'm clear of the reasons Dom. I'm clear of all the repercussions. I will act and I will not stand by and do nothing.