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13/09/1996 Drama, History 1h 52m
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Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.

Overview

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.

  1. Terry George

    Director, Writer

  2. Jim Sheridan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Helen Mirren

    Kathleen Quigley

  2. Fionnula Flanagan

    Annie Higgins

  3. Aidan Gillen

    Gerard Quigley

  4. David O'Hara

    Frank Higgins

  5. John Lynch

    Bobby Sands

  6. Tom Hollander

    Farnsworth

  7. Tim Woodward

    Harrington

  8. Ciarán Hinds

    Danny Boyle

  9. Geraldine O'Rawe

    Alice Quigley

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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