BigList
Login / Sign up
Some Mother's Son (1996)

Some Mother's Son (1996)

Drama History

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

Release Date: 1996, September 13
Directors: Terry George
Countries: Ireland, United States of America
Production: Hell's Kitchen, Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast: Robert Taylor, Aidan Gillen, Helen Mirren, Ciarán Hinds, David O'Hara, Tom Hollander, Oliver Maguire, Sean Lawlor, Gerard McSorley, John Kavanagh, Jimmy Keogh, Mal Whyte

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.

Keywords:

candlelight vigil ireland strike british prison