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1996

Some Mother's Son

TMDB 6.8

1h 52m · 13 Sept 1996

Drama · History

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.

Directed byTerry George

Cast

  • 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

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