Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son (1996)

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.

Date of release
1996-09-13
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (42)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Terry George

Casting

  • 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
  • Gerard McSorley — Father Daly
  • Dan Gordon — Inspector McPeake
  • Grainne Delany — Theresa Higgins

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