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Some Mother's Son
"Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make."
1996 • 1h 52m • ★ 6.7 (38 votes) Released
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.
Director
Terry George
Writer
Jim Sheridan
Writer
Terry George
Rating
6.7
Runtime
112 min
Production
Hell's Kitchen
Castle Rock EntertainmentTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
strikeirelandcandlelight vigilbritish prison
