Helen MirrenKathleen QuigleySavaraTV movie
Some Mother's Son
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
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.
DramaHistory
Starring
Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen
Directed by
Terry George
About
Some Mother's Son
DramaHistory
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.
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
Information
- Released
- Sep 13, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- GB, IE, US
- Rating
- R
- Directed by
- Terry George
Production
- Studio
- Hell's Kitchen
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast
People in this story
Helen MirrenKathleen Quigley
Fionnula FlanaganAnnie Higgins
Aidan GillenGerard Quigley
David O'HaraFrank Higgins
John LynchBobby Sands
Tom HollanderFarnsworth
Tim WoodwardHarrington
Ciarán HindsDanny Boyle
Geraldine O'RaweAlice Quigley
Gerard McSorleyFather Daly
Dan GordonInspector McPeakeMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.