Some Mother's Son

Name: Some Mother's Son
Director: Terry George
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1996

1996

IMDb

Terry George

1996·R·

Ireland,

United States

Award tierSilver

Drama History

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. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.

Cast

Helen Mirren·Aidan Gillen·Fionnula Flanagan·David O'Hara

Producers

Edward Burke·Patrick Farrelly·Arthur Lappin·Helen Mirren·Kate O'Callaghan

Languages

Englishgle

Major Awards

1 win · 2 nominations

Wins (1)

Best Picture

European Film Awards (1996)

Young European Film of the Year

Terry George

Nominations (2)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Golden Camera

Terry George

Critics' Awards

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Un Certain Regard Award

Terry George