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Some Mother's Son
1996
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. Read more
| Starring | Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O' Hara |
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| Director | Terry George |
| Genres | Drama |
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Some Mother's Son
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.
| Starring | Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O' Hara, John Lynch |
|---|---|
| Director | Terry George |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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A bleak drama, based on the events in 1981 when ten men starved themselves to death; that reality overwhelms this fiction, which does no more than recreate the tragedy through the reactions of two mothers.
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As the title suggests, this film about the 1981 Republican Hunger Strikes, by Belfast-born writer/director Terry... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Try to redress some of the balance of British censorship
A phenomenal film. At last daring to tell a side to a story which has deliberately been kept from us all. Its about time people got both sides of the story and this tels it albeit rather simply but what could you expect if it will have been screened over in the country which was responsible for the troubles in Ireland in the first place. A poignant story which draws on real life events to make its very long awaited point. A truly brave attempt at redressing the balance of accounts. I notice that its not yet up for sale on DVD in this country-hardly surprising from a biased nation. If you love history, Irish history and deplore censorship-view it now. I will rent again, about time I could buy it.
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