Some Mother's Son
“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
1996•R•1h 52m•6.8•Released
DramaHistory
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
Writer
Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Languages
English, Irish
Studio
Hell's Kitchen
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 McPeake
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Robert Lang
Government Minister
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
Production
Company
Hell's Kitchen
Company
Castle Rock Entertainment
Producer
Arthur Lappin
Producer
Edward Burke
Producer
Jim Sheridan
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