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The Boy from Mercury (1996)

The Boy from Mercury (1996)

Comedy Fantasy Family
Release Date: 1996, December 6
Directors: Martin Duffy
Countries: France, United Kingdom, Ireland
Production: Le Studio Canal+, Mercurian, Blue Rose, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Jo Manuel Productions
Cast: Kevin James, Charles Middleton, Ian McElhinney, Rita Tushingham, Hugh O'Conor, Van Johnson, Tom Courtenay, Johnny Ward, Sean Flanagan, Gerard Cannon, James Hickey, Rachel Martin

Overview:

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.