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1996
  • Drama
  • History

Some Mother's Son

Between love and loyalty... between life and death... lies a choice no mother should have to make.
Runtime
1h 52m
Countries
  • IE
  • Ireland
  • GB
  • United Kingdom
Languages
  • en
  • ga
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.

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Cast

Kathleen Quigley
Annie Higgins
Gerard Quigley
Frank Higgins
Bobby Sands
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Sept. 13, 1996
  • Original Language
    English
  • Production Companies
    • Castle Rock Entertainment
    • Hell's Kitchen Films

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