The Boy from Mercury

12/06/1996

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1hr 27min

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Fantasy

STORY

Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury to study life on Earth. His fantasies mirror the life of his hero, Flash Gordon, from the serial he watches each week at the local cinema. His escapades result in dilemmas that drive his mother to such distraction that she turns to the boy's strange uncle for help.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Rita Tushingham
  • Tom Courtenay
  • Hugh O'Conor
  • James Hickey
  • Ian McElhinney

    Director

  • Martin Duffy

INFORMATION

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LANGUAGES

  • English