25 Mar 2025
The Recruiter
A young Irish recruitment agent must navigate the challenges of his job and the temptation of emigration as he tries to decide whether to stay in Ireland or start a new life abroad.
Some Mother's Son
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.
Top Billed Cast
Helen Mirren Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara Frank Higgins
John Lynch Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander Farnsworth
Tim Woodward Harrington
Ciarán Hinds Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley Father Daly
Dan Gordon Inspector McPeake
Grainne Delany Theresa Higgins
Ciarán Fitzgerald Liam Quigley
Robert Lang Government Minister
Stephen Hogan Young Turk
Peter Howitt SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan British Captain
Jimmy Keogh Jimmy Higgins
John Kavanagh Cardinal
Oliver Maguire Frank Maguire
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