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Some Mother's Son

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  • DVD
  • 1 disc
  • Region 1 USA/CA (info)
  • After her son is arrested, an upstanding Irish Catholic schoolteacher faces the difficult choice of standing up for her son or decrying his pro-I.R.A beliefs. Further fuel is added to the fire when, to demonstrate their status as prisoners of war, he joins his fellow inmates in a hunger strike--and indicates his willingness to die for a cause in which she does not believe.
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  • Credits
    Helen Mirren, Aidan Gillen, Fionnula Flanagan, David O'Hara, John Lynch, Tom Hollander, Tim Woodward, Ciaran Hinds, Geraldine O'Rawe, Gerard McSorley
  • Critic Reviews
    "...A vivid, realistic feel..."
    Variety

    "...Mirren throws her usual brisk intelligence into the task....The story is sturdy..."
    Entertainment Weekly

    "...Mirren and Flanagan give wonderful performances..."
    Los Angeles Times

    "...It is Helen Mirren's performance, so closely observed, with so much depth and urgency, that embodies the central questions of the movie..."
    Chicago Sun-Times

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