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.

CAST AND CREW

John Lynch Tom Hollander Helen Mirren Fionnula Flanagan Geraldine O'Rawe Terry George

GENRE

Drama

CERTIFICATE

Suitable only for 15 years and over.

RUN TIME

1 hour 52 minutes

RELEASED

1997