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Some Mother's Son

1996

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.

Cast & Crew

HMHM
Helen Mirren

as Kathleen Quigley

FFFF
Fionnula Flanagan

as Annie Higgins

AGAG
Aidan Gillen

as Gerard Quigley

DODO
David O'Hara

as Frank Higgins

JLJL
John Lynch

as Bobby Sands

THTH
Tom Hollander

as Farnsworth

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
9/13/1996
Runtime
1 hours, 52 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
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Revenue
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Profit/Loss
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ROI: N/A
Genres
Drama
History
Production Countries
United Kingdom (GB)
Ireland (IE)
Spoken Languages
English (en)
Irish (ga)
Production Companies
Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures