Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
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Some Mother's Son is a 1996 film written and directed by Irish filmmaker Terry George, co-written by Jim Sheridan, and based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison, in Northern Ireland.
Dec 25, 1996 · Some Mother's Son: Directed by Terry George. With Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara. 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.
- (3K)
- Drama, History
- Terry George
- 1996-12-25
Dec 27, 1996 · Now comes “Some Mother's Son,” a fictionalized account of the 1981 IRA hunger strikers of Belfast's Maze Prison, who broke the iron policies of Margaret Thatcher after 10 of them died. (The issue: As self-proclaimed political prisoners, they did not want to wear criminals' prison uniforms.)
In 1981, Kathleen Quigley (Helen Mirren), a soft-spoken Irish schoolteacher, is shocked to learn that her son, Gerard (Aidan Gillen), has been arrested for his involvement in the Irish Republican...
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- Terry George
- R
- Helen Mirren
Some Mother's Son. Two women from completely different social classes form an intense bond as their sons are sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in an IRA-sanctioned bombing. 241 IMDb 7.2 1 h 51 min 1996. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Historical · Sad. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. HD $3.99 $3.59. Buy. HD $9.99. More purchase.
