HUNGER the most controversial & talked about film at cannes

There may not be many British films at Cannes this year, but Steve McQueen's Hunger about the death of Bobby Sands in the Maze prison was the most controversial film on la Croisette from the moment the programme was announced.

The rumours -- that the film showed the IRA gunman in a positive light -- were correct. This enthralling account of Sands' 66 days on hunger strike to try to get better conditions for IRA prisoners, seems especially pertinent at a time when the atrocities of Abu Ghraib remain vivid.

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[MilanBaros]

a lot of people don't know what these people have gone through.. so a movie is a good idea to reach a lot of people.. you can always watch something else, can't you?

you might not be a kid, but you still have a childish attitude towards life.. SHOW SOME RESPECT TO BOBBY SANDS AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TORTURED IN HANDS OF THE BRITISH WHO, BY THE WAY, ARE OCCUPYING THE NORTH OF IRELAND.

[smallvillefan123]

Get your head out of the ground, yvie. there are "happy" movies everywhere. Slumdog Millionaire just won best picture. and if you think this movie could have been made in a "happy" fashion, you haven't heard Bobby Sand's story.

[harrywebb5]

@fishandrice89 . he is an artist (not the actor) who directed it.

[CDowdy1337]

RIP Bobby Sands. True hero to all republicans (irish, if you don't know what I am talking about) and all who support true freedom. You will never be forgotten.

[YvieThatsMe]

its okay.. your just standing up for your opinion nuthing wrong with that =)

[futsalfred2]

fair enough, apologies for being rude.

[YvieThatsMe]

I did shut up for 2 months.. I got my right to my opinion just as much as you. juvenile? aw thats sweet thanks

[futsalfred2]

Oh just shut the fuck up Yvie, you juvenile idiot.

[OriginalShirker]

Thats what ive tried to explain to people and they just dont get it..They all say, "Well they lived in that house all their life, just cause their grandpa stole it from yours doesnt mean you have the right to it. Let by gones be by gones"

Im so sick of these idiots that now make up the larger population of the world...lol

[fishandrice89]

Steve Mcqueens? What does he have to do with this

[YvieThatsMe]

I didnt say this movie should be happy I said with the way the world is going they could use more happy movies