Some Mother's Son
“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
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
52 people
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Known for
Monsters University
MobLand
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Known for
The Others
Yes Man
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
Known for
Game of Thrones
The Wire
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
Known for
The Tudors
The Departed
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Known for
The Fall
Sliding Doors
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
Known for
Taboo
The Night Manager
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Known for
Houdini
K-19: The Widowmaker
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
Known for
Rome
The Woman in Black
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
Known for
Circle of Friends
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
Known for
Veronica Guerin
In the Name of the Father
Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
Known for
Blue Lights
Bloodlands
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
No other roles listed
Terry George Director · Jim Sheridan Writer Geoffrey Simpson Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $671K · United States release December 25, 1996 · Produced in Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$671,437
Production
Hell's Kitchen
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
Hell's Kitchen Films
Production
Ireland · United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Irish
Release dates
Ireland · September 13, 1996
Theatrical · (original rating)
United States · December 25, 1996
Theatrical
Czechia
September 5, 1997 · Physical
Germany
February 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 14, 2003 · TV · RTL 5
South Korea
November 8, 1997 · Theatrical
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