The Boy from Mercury
movie
View on VideBits →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
Gerard Cannon · Hugh O'Conor · Ian McElhinney · James Hickey · Joanne Gerrard · Johnny Ward · Kevin James · Rita Tushingham · Sean Flanagan · Tom Courtenay · Martin Duffy
Studios & networks
Blue Rose · Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland · Jo Manuel Productions · Le Studio Canal+ · Mercurian · RTÉ