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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.

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.

19961h 52mRDrama, History

About Some Mother's Son

Directors
Terry George
Cast
Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch, Tom Hollander
Genres
Drama, History
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
Ireland, United States of America
Status
Released

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