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If Son were as strong in its storytelling as its characters are in their convictions, it would be more than well-acted political soap.
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Some Mother's Son
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
1996 · 1h 52m · R
Drama, History
Directed by
Terry George
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.
Director and cast
- Terry George Director
- Helen Mirren as Kathleen Quigley
- Fionnula Flanagan as Annie Higgins
- Aidan Gillen as Gerard Quigley
- David O'Hara as Frank Higgins
- John Lynch as Bobby Sands
- Tom Hollander as Farnsworth
- Tim Woodward as Harrington
- Ciarán Hinds as Danny Boyle
- Geraldine O'Rawe as Alice Quigley
- Gerard McSorley as Father Daly
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