Some Mother's Son

Name: Some Mother's Son
Director: Terry George
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1996-09-13
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch

Directed by Terry George

Drama

History

19961h 52m6.7

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.