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Some Mother's Son

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.
1996
112 min
6.8
Drama / History
Genres
Drama / History
Runtime
112 min
Year
1996
Director
Terry George
Writers
Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Studio
Hell's Kitchen

Top Billed Cast

Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
Fionnula Flanagan
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
Tim Woodward
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly

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