The Boy from Mercury

The Boy from Mercury
1996Fantasy87 mins

Plot

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 h... read more

  • Martin Duffy

    Director

  • Martin Duffy

    Writer

  • Seamus Deasy

    Director of Photography

  • John Victor-Smith

    Editor

  • Rita Tushingham

    May Cronin

  • Tom Courtenay

    Uncle Tony Cronin

  • Hugh O'Conor

    Paul

  • James Hickey

    Harry Cronin

  • Ian McElhinney

    Brother Dowdall

  • Kevin James

    James "Mucker" Maguire

  • Gerard Cannon

    Classroom Schoolboy

  • Johnny Ward

    Classroom Schoolboy

  • Runtime

    87 minutes

    Released

    1996-12-06

    Languages

    English

    Sound

  • Stephen McKeon

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    322 days ago

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