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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.”

★ 6.8 TMDB Rating · 42 votes

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.

Director
Terry George
Release date
Sep 13, 1996
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Cast of Some Mother's Son

  • Portrait of Helen Mirren

    Helen Mirren

    Kathleen Quigley

  • Portrait of Fionnula Flanagan

    Fionnula Flanagan

    Annie Higgins

  • Portrait of Aidan Gillen

    Aidan Gillen

    Gerard Quigley

  • Portrait of David O'Hara

    David O'Hara

    Frank Higgins

  • Portrait of John Lynch

    John Lynch

    Bobby Sands

  • Portrait of Tom Hollander

    Tom Hollander

    Farnsworth

  • Portrait of Tim Woodward

    Tim Woodward

    Harrington

  • Portrait of Ciarán Hinds

    Ciarán Hinds

    Danny Boyle

  • Portrait of Geraldine O'Rawe

    Geraldine O'Rawe

    Alice Quigley

  • Portrait of Gerard McSorley

    Gerard McSorley

    Father Daly

  • Portrait of Dan Gordon

    Dan Gordon

    Inspector McPeake

  • Grainne Delany

    Theresa Higgins

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United States
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Canada
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Australia
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