Thousands of people there are 'dying from/of hunger'. [=dying because they do not have enough food; starving to death]
She has threatened to 'go on a hunger strike' [=refuse to eat] if her colleagues are not released from prison.
The film's scenery is beautiful, but the plot is (strictly) 'from hunger'.
(..) - Anything else on the parents? - Yeah, it ain't good. They were interned at Belmarsh. - Oh, no. - Yeah. She died in a hunger strike. He died when the military retook the shed. And that ain't the worst of it. Her brother was at St. Mary's. - Christ. - It's nothing but bad luck here. (..)2005 V for Vendetta