Some Mother's Son

Sep 13, 1996

1h 52m

★ 6.7

Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.

Overview

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Hell's Kitchen

Castle Rock Entertainment

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Kathleen Quigley

Helen Mirren

Annie Higgins

Fionnula Flanagan

Gerard Quigley

Aidan Gillen

Frank Higgins

David O'Hara

Bobby Sands

John Lynch

Farnsworth

Tom Hollander

Harrington

Tim Woodward

Danny Boyle

Ciarán Hinds

Alice Quigley

Geraldine O'Rawe

Father Daly

Gerard McSorley

Inspector McPeake

Dan Gordon

Theresa Higgins

Grainne Delany

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