Some Mother's Son (1996)

6.8/10 112 min Drama History

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.

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

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Liam Quigley

Robert Lang

Government Minister

Stephen Hogan

Young Turk

Peter Howitt

SAS Leader

Bosco Hogan

British Captain

John Kavanagh

Cardinal

Oliver Maguire

Frank Maguire

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