🎬 Drama, History

Some Mother's Son

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

⭐ 6.8/10 1996 1h 52m Dir. Terry George

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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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6.8/10 41 votes

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Year
1996
Runtime
1h 52m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.8/10
Votes
41
Genre
Drama, History
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 History 🎬 Terry George 👤 Helen Mirren 👤 Fionnula Flanagan 👤 Aidan Gillen
strike ireland candlelight vigil british prison

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Questions about Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son has a runtime of 1h 52m (1 hour and 52 minutes).
Some Mother's Son was directed by Terry George and released in 1996.
Some Mother's Son is a Drama, History film (1996).
The cast of Some Mother's Son includes Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch.
Some Mother's Son has a TMDB rating of 6.8/10 based on 41 votes.

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