Hunger

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.

Joseph Culp

Charlie Pontus

Robert Culp

The Chief

Redmond Gleeson

Old Man

Daniel Franklin

Eclair

James Evans

Police Officer

Harold Cannon

Thrift Shop Clerk

Kathleen Luong

Ylayali

Bruce Solomon

Mr. Christie

Casper Andreas

Scissors

Herman Wilkins

Social Worker

• Maria GieseDirector · Producer · Writer
• Knut HamsunNovel
• Joseph CulpProducer
• Sam CitronExecutive Producer · Editor
• James QuillExecutive Producer
• Maya TolstoyExecutive Producer
• Daniel FranklinExecutive Producer
• Kazimir BoyleOriginal Music Composer
• Trevor MorrisOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 13, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 22m

Budget

$10,000

Genres

Drama

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