Some Mothers Son 1996 Helen Mirren Aidan Gillen

In Good condition. Free postage in Ireland. REGION 2 Europe DVD Colour: PAL Run Time: 107 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Language: English Subtitles: English Rating: 15 Some Mother's Son is a 1996 Irish-American 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. Prisoner Bobby Sands (played by John Lynch) led a protest against the treatment of prisoners, claiming that they should be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. The mothers of two of the strikers, played by Helen Mirren and Fionnula Flanagan, fight to save their sons' lives. When the prisoners go on hunger strike and become incapacitated, the mothers must decide whether to abide by their sons' wishes, or to go against them and have them forcibly fed.