Some Mother's Son (1996)

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

6.8 September 13, 1996 1h 52m Released
DramaHistory

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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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

  • Dan Gordon

    Dan Gordon

    Inspector McPeake

  • Grainne Delany

    Grainne Delany

    Theresa Higgins

  • Ciarán Fitzgerald

    Ciarán Fitzgerald

    Liam Quigley

  • Robert Lang

    Robert Lang

    Government Minister

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