Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
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Some Mother's Son
“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
13 Sept 1996 · 112 min · English
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The film
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.
On screen
Cast & characters
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
G
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Behind the camera
Key crew
- Director
- Terry George
- Writing
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Simpson
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