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Some Mother's Son (1996)

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

  • Sep 13, 1996
  • 1h 52m
  • R

6.8/10

TMDB user score
42 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Some Mother's Son is a 1996 drama and history film directed by Terry George. Its leading cast includes Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan and Aidan Gillen. It runs for 1 hour 52 minutes.

Synopsis

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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Time needed
1 hour 52 minutes
Age rating (US)
R
Language
English
Audience signal
6.8/10 from 42 TMDB votes

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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 Higgins
  • Ciarán Fitzgerald Liam Quigley
  • Robert Lang Government Minister
  • Stephen Hogan Young Turk
  • Peter Howitt SAS Leader
  • Bosco Hogan British Captain
  • Jimmy Keogh Jimmy Higgins

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