Some_Mothers_Son. (1996)

Film: Some Mother's Son - 1996 Genre: Political Drama ‧ 1h:52m Directed byrish filmmaker Terry George Written by: Terry George and Jim Sheridan Starring: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen,Tom Hollander,David O'Hara,Ciaran Hinds. Overview: The Film is based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison, in Northern Ireland. Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner Bobby Sands (played by John Lynch) led a protest against the treatment of IRA 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.