Some Mother's Son

Movie info

Synopsis

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.

Movie info:

Release:

1997

Running Time:

112 min

Certificate:

Suitable only for 15 years and over

Availability:

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Genre:

• Drama

Cast:

• John Lynch as Bobby Sands
• Tom Hollander as Farnsworth
• Helen Mirren as Kathleen Quigley
• Fionnula Flanagan as Annie Higgins
• Geraldine O'Rawe as Alice Quigley
• David O'Hara as Frank Higgins
• Tim Woodward as Harrington
• Aidan Gillen as Gerard Quigley
• Ciarán Hinds as Danny Boyle

Director:

• Terry George

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