Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son

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

1996•1h 52m•6.8/10

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6.8/10(42)

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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Production

Hell's Kitchen, Castle Rock Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

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

Theresa Higgins

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Liam Quigley

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Government Minister

Stephen Hogan

Stephen Hogan

Young Turk

Peter Howitt

Peter Howitt

SAS Leader

Bosco Hogan

Bosco Hogan

British Captain

Jimmy Keogh

Jimmy Higgins

John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh

Cardinal

Oliver Maguire

Oliver Maguire

Frank Maguire

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