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Some Mother's Son

1996
6.8 ⭐
1h 52m
Drama
History
"Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make."

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.

Cast & Crew
Helen Mirren
Helen MirrenKathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
Fionnula FlanaganAnnie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
Aidan GillenGerard Quigley
David O'Hara
David O'HaraFrank Higgins
John Lynch
John LynchBobby Sands
Tom Hollander
Tom HollanderFarnsworth
Tim Woodward
Tim WoodwardHarrington
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán HindsDanny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
Geraldine O'RaweAlice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
Gerard McSorleyFather Daly
Dan Gordon
Dan GordonInspector McPeake
Grainne Delany
Grainne DelanyTheresa Higgins