The Hunger
When it awakens, someone always pays the price
Victoria, a seamstress exhausted by hardship, sustains the fragile existence of her brother Lucas, who lives confined to a wheelchair in an environment of extreme poverty.However, prolonged deprivation awakens something dark: a monstrous transformation in Lucas that drives him to devour everything.
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Victoria, a seamstress exhausted by hardship, sustains the fragile existence of her brother Lucas, who lives confined to a wheelchair in an environment of extreme poverty. However, prolonged deprivation awakens something dark: a monstrous transformation in Lucas that drives him to devour everything.
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- Budget
- $3,516
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- Release date
- Apr 30, 2026
- Runtime
- 0h 19m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Peru
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