Mother's Day

This film is a fictionalized account of a true story. 

Set in Ireland, on Mother’s Day morning, a young man goes to the local shops to buy his mother a card. He’s on his way home when suddenly, there is an explosion. The boy is thrown several feet in the air, and collapses in the shopping square. Sadly, he did not survive his injuries. 

The explosion was a bomb, one of many between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the time known as The Troubles. This tragic loss began a dialogue between two women, one on either side of the conflict. The two women began  regional dialogue, which became a national dialogue, which changed the history of Ireland and Northern Ireland forever. 

Now streaming on Britbox, 4 stars.

https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Day-Anna-Maxwell-Martin/dp/B07R93V7F7