The Hunger Games

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In the country of Panem, the repressive government of the Capitol holds strict power over the Districts. Every year it organizes the "Hunger Games", a televised show in which two young people (called "tributes") from each of the 12 districts fight one another, with only one possible survivor. Primrose is selected, but her older sister Katniss (*Jennifer Lawrence*, after an excellent performance in *Winter's Bone*) volunteers to replace her. Secretly in love with Katniss, Peeta (*Josh Hutcherson*) finds himself chosen as well...