Hunger

Hunger

🎞️ Movie 82 min US
โ˜… 7.7 /10 2001

A sensitive writer from a small town faces spiritual crisis as he tries to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. Charlie Pontus (Joseph Culp) wanders around Los Angeles torn between his efforts to sell a screenplay and find his next meal. His natural optimism keeps him afloat as he walks the tight-rope between his love for the beautiful, exotic Ylayali (Kathleen Luong) and his desperate connection to The Chief (Robert Culp), the Hollywood producer who has the power to give life or take it away. Stubbornly refusing to relinquish his principles, he sinks deeper and deeper into spiritual crisis, finally confronting God in a Jobian showdown. Ultimately, the story illustrates the difficult balance between artistic integrity and the commercial necessities of Hollywood. This 'towering portrait of an artist's indomitable spirit' is based on 'Hunger' (1890), the first existentialist novel ever written and the greatest work of Norwegian Nobel laureate, Knut Hamsun. This is the first digital feature to be based on a classic work of literature. Shot guerrilla-style on the streets of Los Angeles, it was made entirely independently for a budget of only $10,000.

Cast

Joseph Culp
Joseph Culp
Charlie Pontus
Robert Culp
Robert Culp
The Chief
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Kathleen Luong
Ylayali
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Redmond Gleeson
Old Man
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Daniel Franklin
Eclair
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James Evans
Police Officer
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Harold Cannon
Thrift Shop Clerk
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Lou Aguilar
Pedestrian
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T. Henry Amitai
Casper Andreas
Casper Andreas
Scissors
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Kazimir Boyle
Composer
Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris
Composer
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Jonathon Millman
Cinematographer