"Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make."
Some Mother's Son
Movie1996•1sa 52dk•star6.8(41)•trending_up1
DramaHistory
Director:Terry George
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.
Details
StatusReleased
Release DateSeptember 13, 1996
Release Dates
Czechia:
Physical - Sep 5, 1997
Germany:
Theatrical - Feb 13, 1997 (12)
Ireland:
Theatrical - Sep 13, 1996 (18)
South Korea:
Theatrical - Nov 8, 1997 (15)
Netherlands:
TV - Jan 14, 2003 (6)
Runtime1sa 52dk
000Origin CountryUnited Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Gaeilge
Production Companies
Cast
Featured 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
