Movie, 1996
Some Mother's Son
IMDb 6.8, 112 min, Drama, History, Ireland
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
20 credited
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
GD
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Details
DirectorTerry George
WritersJim Sheridan, Terry George
Runtime112 min
ReleasedFri, Sep 13, 1996
CountryIreland
IMDBtt0117690
