Released:
1996-09-13

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.

Director:
Terry George

Runtime:
1h 52min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Helen Mirren
  as
  Kathleen Quigley
• 
  Fionnula Flanagan
  as
  Annie Higgins
• 
  Aidan Gillen
  as
  Gerard Quigley
• 
  David O'Hara
  as
  Frank Higgins
• 
  John Lynch
  as
  Bobby Sands