Dopo "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" un altro film sull'Irlanda vince un premio a Cannes.
"Hunger" di Steve McQueen, che racconta le ultime 6 settimane di Bobby Sands ha vinto il premio Camera d'Or per la miglior opera prima.
Fonte:
RTE
Hunger wins Cannes film festival prize
A film based on the story of Maze Prison hunger striker Bobby Sands has won the Camera D'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen congratulated the cast, crew and producers of 'Hunger' on winning the award.
Minister Cullen extended his congratulations on the success of the Northern Ireland film to Enda Walshe, who wrote the script, and to the main actors Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham.
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The film, which is a portrayal of the last six weeks of the life of the IRA hunger striker, was supported financially by the Northern Ireland Film Board and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.
Minister Cullen said: 'This is the third year running that Irish film has been honoured at Cannes. Following the success of 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' and 'Garage', this Camera D'Or will keep Irish film practitioners in the world's eye for the foreseeable future.
'On this island we are proving our world class in the art and business of film craft. This film covers a very turbulent part of our history with an unadorned reality and reminds us of how far we have come as an island in the last quarter century,' he added.