Hunger (2008)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.8/10   

Réalisateur:

Steve McQueen

Writers:

Steve McQueen (written by)
Enda Walsh (writer)

Release Date:

2 octobre 2008 (Greece)

Genre:

Drame | History

Accroche:

An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.

Plot:

The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.

Plot Keywords:

Ireland | Prison | Body | Hunger Strike | IRA

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 28 wins & 14 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Provocative, vivid and engrossing, but at times it gets close to hagiography

Ensemble

Michael Fassbender	...	Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham	...	Ray Lohan
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Helena Bereen	...	Ray's mother
Larry Cowan	...	Prison Guard
Liam Cunningham	...	Father Moran
Helen Madden	...	Mrs Sands
Des McAleer	...	Mr Sands
Dennis McCambridge	...	Beaten Prisoner
Liam McMahon	...	Gerry
Laine Megaw	...	Mrs. Lohan
Brian Milligan	...	Davey
Rory Mullen	...	Priest
Ben Peel	...	Stephen Graves - Prison guard
Lalor Roddy	...	William
B.J. Hogg	...	Prison guard (uncredited)
Thomas James Scott	...	Riot Officer (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Steve McQueen

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Steve McQueen		written by
Enda Walsh		writer

Produit par
Iain Canning	....	executive producer
Peter Carlton	....	executive producer
Edmund Coulthard	....	executive producer
Robin Gutch	....	producer
Laura Hastings-Smith	....	producer
Linda James	....	executive producer
Andrew Litvin	....	line producer
Jan Younghusband	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Leo Abrahams
David Holmes

Image
Sean Bobbitt

Montage
Joe Walker

Distribution des rôles
Gary Davy

Création des décors
Tom McCullagh

Direction artistique
Brendan Rankin

Création des costumes
Anushia Nieradzik

Maquillage
Jacqueline Fowler	....	hair designer (as Jackie Fowler)
Jacqueline Fowler	....	makeup designer (as Jackie Fowler)
Dan Frye	....	prosthetics technician
Vesna Giordano	....	silicone prosthetics technician
Lisa Hill	....	makeup daily (as Lisa Stewart)
Paul Hyett	....	special makeup effects artist
Alison Rainey	....	hair stylist
Alison Rainey	....	makeup artist
Sian Wilson	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Alistair Hopkins	....	post-production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Mark Fenn	....	first assistant director
Matt Hanson	....	second assistant director
Adam Philpott	....	third assistant director
Peter Scott	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Colin Holmes	....	set dresser

Technicien du son
Richard Davey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Davies	....	sound designer
Tom Deane	....	adr mixer
Steve Haynes	....	adr recordist
Ronan Hill	....	sound mixer
Michael McKnight	....	sound trainee
Mervyn Moore	....	sound recordist
Adam Ridge	....	sound maintenance
Lionel Strutt	....	adr coordinator
Chris Treble	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer

Effets spéciaux
Scott Peters	....	special effects technician
Bob Smoke	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects
James Ballard	....	production executive: Dragon DI
Geoffrey R. Case	....	colourist: Dragon DI
Valentina Catena	....	digital grading assistant: Dragon DI
Valentina Catena	....	visual effects artist
Michele De Benedetti	....	film scanning operator: Dragon DI
Julie Harding	....	DI producer: Dragon DI (as Julie Pucher)
Myfanwy Harris	....	visual effects artist: Dragon DI
Tony Ray	....	digital intermediate executive: Dragon DI
Paul J. Wright	....	film scanning and recording manager: Dragon DI

Cascadeur
Andy Bennett	....	stunt performer
Paul Herbert	....	stunt coordinator
James O'Donnell	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Natasha Back	....	second assistant camera
Brian Beaumont	....	gaffer
Ian Glenister	....	rigging gaffer
Conor Hammond	....	first assistant camera
Steffan Hill	....	still photographer
Paul Molloy	....	electrician
Stephen Murphy	....	Steadicam operator
Steve Pugh	....	key grip
Suzanne Sanders	....	electrician
Rob Gilmour	....	clapper loader dailies (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Louise Allen	....	assistant costume designer
Heather Long	....	daily costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phil Eldridge	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Johnny Crawford	....	unit driver
Ryan Marshall	....	unit driver
Roy McManus	....	unit driver

Divers
David Cooke	....	assistant location manager
Catherine Geary	....	location manager
Cathy Mooney	....	production supervisor
Stacey Quigley	....	production runner

Production Companies

• Blast! Films
• Broadcasting Commission of Ireland
• Film4 (funding)
• Northern Ireland Screen
• Wales Creative IP Fund

Distributors

• IFC Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (UK) (all media) (except TV)
• Channel Four Films (2008) (UK) (TV)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2009) (Benelux) (all media)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• MK2 Diffusion (2008) (France) (all media)
• Seven Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Dragon Digital Intermediate (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Dragon Digital Intermediate  digital intermediate
• Film4  funding
• Fuji Photo Film  motion picture film supplied by
• Mayflower Studios  ADR recording studio
• PS-PostScript  post-production script service
• Shoot NI  phones and walkie talkies

Durée:

96 min

Pays:

UK | Ireland

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16

Company:

Blast! Films

Anecdotes:

Contains a 16.5 minute single shot.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)

Provocative, vivid and engrossing, but at times it gets close to hagiography

Hunger is a powerful and disturbing feature-film debut for the visual artist Steve McQueen. The film takes place almost exclusively within the confines of a high-security prison in Northern Ireland, where many members of the Irish Republican Army are interned. The small confines of the prison serve as a microcosm of the wider Troubles in Ireland. The conflict between the British wardens and the Irish inmates escalates steadily, with each indignity and abuse inevitably leading to another.

The conditions revealed in the prison are deeply disturbing, with the inmates fouling the jail with effluent and the guards responding with ritual humiliation and savage beatings. McQueen's camera is an unflinching witness to the squalor and cruelty, and with the vivid imagery and forceful sounds it is almost possible to smell and feel the frightening environs of the film.

Although the focus of the film ultimately falls on Bobby Sands, the IRA member and inmate who leads a fatal hunger strike within the prison, we are not introduced to the main protagonist until a third of the way through the film. This approach works remarkably well in setting the scene for the main narrative, but it is disappointing that the different perspectives on each side are somewhat sidelined thereafter, as Sands's personal struggle takes centre stage.

The terrible squalor of the prison cells provides some of the film's most powerful images, but it is the second third of the film that is the most gripping, as Sands converses and argues with a visiting Catholic priest. An unmoving camera is trained upon these two protagonists for what must be nearly half an hour, as Sands reveals his plan for a new hunger strike and defends his methods of achieving political goals, ultimately berating what he sees as the priest's despondency and inertia. This is an utterly compelling piece of cinema.

However, at the end of this gripping conversation, the director sees fit to insert a somewhat tortured analogy as Sands recalls for the priest a defining moment of his boyhood. This is an unnecessary effort to inject conventional beauty into Sands's story, and sits awkwardly with the general tone of the film.

In the final third of the film, the hunger strike is depicted in by now characteristically brutal detail. Lead man Michael Fassbender clearly underwent a very painful regime to portray the wasting and withering of Bobby Sands in his last days. Unfortunately, amidst the impressive attention to detail, McQueen goes further in romanticising his main protagonist through a series of flashbacks to Sands's childhood. This again jars with the realistic feel of the rest of the film, and points to McQueen's obsession with Sands, which he has admitted to having had since a young age.

Although at times steering a little close to hagiography, McQueen's directorial debut is still a bold and engrossing film that cultivates an understanding for the very different people caught in up in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It will be fascinating to see what his next project will be.