Dans les ruines de l'Amérique du Nord, le Capitole, capitale de la nation de Panem, oblige chacun de ses douze districts à envoyer deux jeunes gens, un garçon et une fille, prendre part aux "Hunger Games", des jeux du cirque revisités au cours desquels les adolescents s'affrontent à mort. Le survivant de ce grand show sanglant, retransmis en direct jour et nuit, est déclaré vainqueur. La petite Primrose Evergreen est tirée au sort dans le 12e District en même temps que Peeta, le fils du boulanger. La soeur de Prim, Katniss Everdeen, 16 ans, se porte aussitôt volontaire pour prendre sa place. Elle quitte sa famille en compagnie de Peeta et de leur mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, qui remporta les jeux naguère puis sombra dans l'alcoolisme...
00:33The time has come to select one courageous young man and woman
00:38for the honor of representing District 12 in the 74th Annual Hunger Games.
00:45It's your first year, Prim. Your name's only been in there once.
00:47They're not going to pick you.
00:55Primrose Everdeen.
00:58Prim!
01:00I volunteer!
01:02I volunteer as tribute.
01:08Our tribute is Peter Malar and Katniss Everdeen.
01:13They just want a good show. That's all they want.
01:15There's 24 of us, Gail. Only one comes out.
01:17So you're here to make me look pretty?
01:28You're here to help you make an impression.
01:29And so it was decreed that each year, the 12 districts of Pan Am shall offer up and tribute one young man and woman between the ages of 12 and 18, to be trained in the art of survival, and to be prepared to fight to the desert.
01:48This is the time to show them everything. Make sure they remember you.
01:56I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me.
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