Some Mother's Son

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Helen Mirren Kathleen Quigley

Fionnula Flanagan Annie Higgins

Aidan Gillen Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara Frank Higgins

John Lynch Bobby Sands