2008, 90m, Steve McQueen
Bobby Sands, an Irish nationalist, died on the 66th day of his hunger strike, in 1981,while in custody of British authorities,during the tenure of Margaret Thatcher. He was in mid twenties. His mother visits him in prison and tells him he is looking fine. In a conversation with a priest trying to dissuade him from his course, the ethical dimension is debated. In another sequence, we are informed of the physiological aspects of starvation. A riveting drama.
Bobby Sands, an Irish nationalist, died on the 66th day of his hunger strike, in 1981,while in custody of British authorities,during the tenure of Margaret Thatcher. He was in mid twenties. His mother visits him in prison and tells him he is looking fine. In a conversation with a priest trying to dissuade him from his course, the ethical dimension is debated. In another sequence, we are informed of the physiological aspects of starvation. A riveting drama.
2 comments:
A very intense film. Like McQueen's next work "Shame", it is not easy to watch it again.
I'll have to follow your lead..
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