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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.

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 52m

Directed by Terry George

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 42 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Helen Mirren

    Helen MirrenKathleen Quigley

  • Fionnula Flanagan

    Fionnula FlanaganAnnie Higgins

  • Aidan Gillen

    Aidan GillenGerard Quigley

  • David O'Hara

    David O'HaraFrank Higgins

  • John Lynch

    John LynchBobby Sands

  • Tom Hollander

    Tom HollanderFarnsworth

  • Tim Woodward

    Tim WoodwardHarrington

  • Ciarán Hinds

    Ciarán HindsDanny Boyle

  • Geraldine O'Rawe

    Geraldine O'RaweAlice Quigley

  • Gerard McSorley

    Gerard McSorleyFather Daly

  • Dan Gordon

    Dan GordonInspector McPeake

  • Grainne DelanyTheresa Higgins

  • Ciarán Fitzgerald

    Ciarán FitzgeraldLiam Quigley

  • Robert Lang

    Robert LangGovernment Minister

  • Stephen Hogan

    Stephen HoganYoung Turk

  • Peter Howitt

    Peter HowittSAS Leader

  • Bosco Hogan

    Bosco HoganBritish Captain

  • Jimmy KeoghJimmy Higgins

Director
Terry George
Writer
Terry George and Jim Sheridan
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson