Some Mother's Son
(1996)
September 13, 1996• 1h 52m
67%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Terry George
Director
Top Billed Cast
HM
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
FF
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
AG
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
DO
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
JL
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
TH
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
TW
Tim Woodward
Harrington
CH
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
GO
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
GM
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
