"Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make."
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.
Kathleen Quigley

Annie Higgins

Gerard Quigley

Frank Higgins

Bobby Sands

Farnsworth

Harrington

Danny Boyle

Alice Quigley

Father Daly

Inspector McPeake

Theresa Higgins
Liam Quigley

Government Minister

Young Turk

SAS Leader

British Captain

Jimmy Higgins
Cardinal

Frank Maguire

Mother Superior

Rosie Quigley
Paddy
John Deegan
Woman Searcher #1

Barrister

Judge
Prosecutor

Prison Officer Jones
Platoon Leader

Assistant Governor
Young Son
Prisoner's Girlfriend
Prisoner's Sister
Hunger Striker #1

Hunger Striker #2

Cyclist

Prisoner Murphy
IRA Man #1
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
Woman in Court
Prison Officer Davis

Woman Searcher #2

Election Agent
Prison Officer's Widow
Prisoner's Leader

Merry Mac
Merry Mac
Merry Mac
Radio Announcer
Radio Announcer
MP (uncredited)
