Film

Some Mother's Son

1996 · 1h 52m · Drama · History

Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

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.

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

Grainne Delany

Theresa Higgins

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Liam Quigley

Robert Lang

Government Minister

Stephen Hogan

Young Turk

Peter Howitt

SAS Leader

• Terry GeorgeDirector · Writer
• Jim SheridanWriter · Producer
• Edward BurkeProducer
• Arthur LappinProducer
• Rod StonemanExecutive Producer
• Geoffrey SimpsonDirector of Photography
• Craig McKayEditor
• Nuala MoiselleCasting

Release date

September 13, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama, History

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