Some Mother's Son
Visit website6.6/10 • 35
1996-09-13 • 1h 52m
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.
- Directors
- Terry George
- Writters
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Editors
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George, Craig McKay
Some Mother's Son
Visit website1996-09-13 • 1h 52m
6.6/10 • 35
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.
- Directors
- Terry George
- Writters
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Editors
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George, Craig McKay
Top Billed Cast
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Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- strikeirelandcandlelight vigilbritish prison