Counting Down to St. Patrick's Day - 15
Some Mother's Son is a movie based on the true events of the 1981 hunger strike that took place in Maze Prison. Bobby Sands is leading the IRA prisoners in the strike, they view themselves as prisoners of war rather than criminals. Helen Mirren and Fionnula Flanagan play two of the men's mothers. These two women are as different as night and day. Kathleen (Mirren) is a refined widowed schoolteacher who is a pacifist. Although living in Northern Ireland, she has avoided the Troubles by concentrating on her family and her career. Annie (Flanagan) is a hard working farmer and IRA sympathizer. The two very different women cross paths as they are driven to help support and save their sons. This is a riveting story, one of my favorite. There are scenes, especially at the end, that are very hard to watch. It is heartbreaking watching the women lose their sons through self imposed starvation.
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