Some Mother's Son
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
6.8
41 votes
1996
1h 52m
Drama
History
Overview
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.
Directed by Terry George
Top cast
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 McPeakeG
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Robert Lang
Government Minister
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan
British CaptainJ
Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
Oliver Maguire
Frank MaguireDetails
Status
Released
Release date
September 13, 1996
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English, Irish
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