
Hunger(2008)
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.


“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
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.

Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley

Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins

Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara
Frank Higgins

John Lynch
Bobby Sands

Tom Hollander
Farnsworth

Tim Woodward
Harrington

Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle

Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley

Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
Some Mother's Son is a drama, history film released in 1996 exploring themes of strike, ireland, candlelight vigil, british prison. Directed by Terry George, it stars Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen. 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.
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