The Boy from Mercury

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• Genre(s): Fantasy
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Martin Duffy
• Cast(s): Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay, Hugh OConor, Ian McElhinney, Johnny Ward See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 27min
• Music: Stephen McKeon
• Award(s): Jury 1997 (Won) Awards List
• Similar To: Eternity, How to Train Your Dragon
• 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.
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