Hunger is based on the IRA volunteer Bobby Sands, who went on a hunger strike to protest the oppression by the British government. Michael Fassbender is the Irish rebel who is brutally beaten by prison guards and decides to fight back by a hunger strike.
A prolonged scene shows Bobby meeting with a Catholic priest to discuss the morality of starving himself to death for a greater cause. The padre, of course, considers the action to be suicide, which is forbidden by the Church of Rome as a mortal sin which condemns the soul to the eternal fires of hell. The martyr disagrees and will become famous world wide for his a Timon's.
Fassbinder is totally believable as Sands but this film is so damn depressing that I have trouble recommending it. Well made by director McQueen but mentally exhausting; proceed at your own risk.
A prolonged scene shows Bobby meeting with a Catholic priest to discuss the morality of starving himself to death for a greater cause. The padre, of course, considers the action to be suicide, which is forbidden by the Church of Rome as a mortal sin which condemns the soul to the eternal fires of hell. The martyr disagrees and will become famous world wide for his a Timon's.
Fassbinder is totally believable as Sands but this film is so damn depressing that I have trouble recommending it. Well made by director McQueen but mentally exhausting; proceed at your own risk.