This is not the greatest date movie. Rather, it is a recent IFC films DVD release, directed by first-timer, Steve McQueen III, that is pretty violent and also true.
Critics called it poetic and I completely agree–it’s pretty special. Actor Michael Fassbender fasted to a point where he looked like he was actually starving to death for the part of the provisional IRA leader, Bobby Sands, who in 1981 actually led a demonstrative hunger strike against Britain.
There is a dialogue scene in the middle of this film (that also ties into the last scene of the film) that is so good you may want to cheer.
Even though there isn’t much dialogue, better put the subtitles on, the Irish accents are a tad difficult to make everything out.
Cinema Paradiso 