'Hunger' first course for Cannes sidebar

May 14, 2008 The no-holds-barred movie details the story of Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army activist who was voted onto the U.K. Parliament while on hunger strike in prison for the possession of firearms in 1981. Film 4, the movie arm of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, developed and majority-funded McQueen's movie and will be hoping it scoops the Camera d'Or for the first-time director. Other high points in the eclectic sidebar are likely to come from veteran Raymond Depardon's documentary "La Vie Moderne" (The Modern Life), which portrays peasant farming life in contemporary France, and James Toback's documentary about the notorious bad boy of boxing "Tyson," featuring extensive archival fight footage and interview with Iron Mike.

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