Some Mother's Son

1996· 112 min★ 7.2· Drama, History

The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.

Cast: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen

Director: Terry George