Some Mother's Son

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Release date: September 13, 1996
Duration: 112 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
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Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
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Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
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David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
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John Lynch
Bobby Sands