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Some Mother's Son
“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
1996 · 1h 52m · R · 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.
Cast
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 HigginsReviews 0
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