Some Mother's Son
(1996)

Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.

Released: 1996-09-13

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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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Helen Mirren

as Kathleen Quigley

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Fionnula Flanagan

as Annie Higgins

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Aidan Gillen

as Gerard Quigley

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David O'Hara

as Frank Higgins

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John Lynch

as Bobby Sands

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Tom Hollander

as Farnsworth

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Tim Woodward

as Harrington

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Ciarán Hinds

as Danny Boyle

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Geraldine O'Rawe

as Alice Quigley

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Gerard McSorley

as Father Daly

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Dan Gordon

as Inspector McPeake

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Grainne Delany

as Theresa Higgins

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Ciarán Fitzgerald

as Liam Quigley

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Robert Lang

as Government Minister

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Stephen Hogan

as Young Turk

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Peter Howitt

as SAS Leader

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Bosco Hogan

as British Captain

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Jimmy Keogh

as Jimmy Higgins

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Oliver Maguire

as Frank Maguire

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Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

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David Wilson

Production Design

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Conor Devlin

Art Direction

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Carolyn Scott

Set Decoration

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Helen Mirren

Associate Producer

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Rod Stoneman

Executive Producer

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Joan Bergin

Costume Design

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Michèle Burke

Special Effects Makeup Artist

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Pat Hay

Makeup Designer

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Stephen Rose

Hairstylist

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