Some Mother's Son

IMDb link: 0117690
IMDb rating: 7.2 (3,166 votes)
Genres: Drama, History
Director: Terry George
Cast: Helen Mirren, Aidan Gillen, Fionnula Flanagan, David O'Hara and others

Release date: 25 Dec 1996
Release year: 1996
Runtime: 112 minutes
Country: Ireland, United States
Keywords: lord, briton, catholic priest, public house, affection, vote, margaret thatcher character, frank maguire character, internal organ, political drama

Plot:

The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.

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