29 Apr 2009
Sister Smile
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Hunger
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Fassbender Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham Ray Lohan
Liam Cunningham Priest
Helena Bereen Raymond's Mother
Laine Megaw Raymond's Wife
Brian Milligan Davey Gillen
Liam McMahon Gerry Campbell
Karen Hassan Gerry's Girlfriend
Frank McCusker The Governor
Lalor Roddy William
Des McAleer Mr Sands
Helen Madden Mrs. Sands
Paddy Jenkins Hitman
Geoff Gatt Bearded Man
Rory Mullen Priest
Ben Peel Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves
B.J. Hogg Loyalist Orderly
Billy Clarke Chief MO
Ciaran Flynn 12 Year Old Bobby
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