Maze hunger strike film opens to critical acclaim in Cannes

A FILM about life in the Maze prison and the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA hunger strike was screened as part of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday to considerable critical acclaim.

Directed by London-born Turner Prize-winner Steve McQueen, Hunger stars Irish actor Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands.

The film tells how the rioting broke out and violence spread beyond the Maze.