Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son
1996-09-13
112
Released
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.



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Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanag

Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara

David O'Hara

Frank Higgins
John Lynch

John Lynch

Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

Farnsworth

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