Hunger (2001)
82 min
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.
- Release date
- January 13, 2001
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $10,000
Cast
- Joseph Culp as Charlie Pontus
- Robert Culp as The Chief
- Kathleen Luong as Ylayali
- Redmond Gleeson as Old Man
- Daniel Franklin as Eclair
- James Evans as Police Officer
- Harold Cannon as Thrift Shop Clerk
- Lou Aguilar as Pedestrian
- T. Henry Amitai
- Casper Andreas as Scissors
Crew
- Maria Giese · Director
- Maria Giese · Writer
- Knut Hamsun · Writer
- Joseph Culp · Producer
- Maria Giese · Producer
- Kazimir Boyle · Composer
- Trevor Morris · Composer
- Jonathon Millman · Cinematographer
- Sam Citron · Editor
- Joshua Culp · Production designer