The Boy from Mercury

(1996)

★ 8 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Year: 1996

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Ireland, France

Director: Martin Duffy

Cast: Rita Tushingham, Том Кортни, Hugh O'Conor, James Hickey, Иэн МакЭлхинни, Kevin James, Gerard Cannon, Johnny Ward, Joanne Gerrard, Sean Flanagan

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 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.