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Some Mother's Son
"Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make."
User Score38 votes
67%6.7/10
Release1996→
Runtime1H 52M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media6
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Director
Terry George
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RKeywords
strikeirelandcandlelight vigilbritish prison
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Production:Hell's KitchenCastle Rock Entertainment