Some Mother's Son (1996)1h52
Drama · History
Director Terry George (7.0 avg)
Also directed Hotel Rwanda, The Promise, Reservation Road, and 4 more
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.
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Cast
Helen Mirren
Fionnula Flanagan
Aidan Gillen
David O'Hara
John Lynch
Tom Hollander
Tim Woodward
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