SYNOPSIS

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.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

January 10, 1997

DIRECTOR

Terry George

WRITER

Terry George, Jim Sheridan

COMPANY

United International Pictures (UIP)

GENRE

Drama

CERT

15

RUNTIME

112 minutes

IMAGES