1996
6.7 (37 votes)
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
History
Production Companies
Hell's Kitchen
Castle Rock Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
Some Mother's Son
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Terry George
Writer: Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson
Producer: Edward Burke, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan
Top 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
Videos
Some Mother's Son Trailer 1996
