On the casting they completely laid out: they smeared the face of the mud, the branches were poured and came to audition with various types of weapons. They did everything to get a chance to play in a picture based on a wildly popular series of novels for the young and adult generation Susanne Collins "Hungry Games".
Ultimately, the director Gary Ross attracted fresh faces Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutchenson, Liam Hemsworth and many other actors who have not been known before.
The film's action unfolds in the postpocalyptic future. In the state, which arose on the ruins of North America, the twelve regions enslaved the prosperous center. Every year, they put the chosen by the draw the girl and the young man for participation in cruel hungry games broadcast on television to the whole country. The latter survivors are considered won. So many dozens of years continues, but one day the young Chinese hunter and hopelessly in love with her the son of Pete Mellark, representatives of the poorest region of the country, challenge the organizers of the inhuman contest.
Gale is a childhood friend of China, with which it is associated with a romantic relationship. When, voluntarily calling to replace his younger sister, the main character goes to hungry games, young people hope that it is their love that will help the girl to overcome all obstacles and safely return home.