The Boy from Mercury

Name: The Boy from Mercury
Director: Martin Duffy
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Released: 1996-12-06
Rating: 6
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay, Hugh O'Conor, James Hickey, Ian McElhinney

Original title: The Boy from Mercury

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Synopsis

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.