The Boy from Mercury

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The Boy from Mercury is a 1996 Irish coming-of-age drama film about a lonely young boy who copes with his parents’ troubled marriage by imagining himself as a visitor from the planet Mercury.

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instanceOf Irish film
coming-of-age film
drama film
film
cinematographyBy Seamus Deasy
countryOfOrigin Ireland
director Martin Duffy
distributor Buena Vista International
editedBy J. Patrick Duffner
filmingLocation Dublin
genre coming-of-age film
drama film
hasCastMember Brenda Fricker
Hugh O'Conor
Ingrid Craigie
James Hickey
Lia Williams
Rita Tushingham
Rúaidhrí Conroy
linked to: Ruairí Conroy

Tom Courtenay
mainCharacter Harry Cronin
musicBy Stephen McKeon
narrativeFocus a child’s inner fantasy life as a coping mechanism
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A lonely boy copes with his parents’ troubled marriage by imagining himself as a visitor from the planet Mercury.
productionCompany Little Bird
productionCountry Ireland
protagonistDescription a lonely young boy who imagines he is a visitor from Mercury
releaseDate 1996-05-31
releaseYear 1996
runningTimeMinutes 87
screenwriter Martin Duffy
setting Ireland
theme childhood
family conflict
imagination
loneliness
timePeriod 1960s
title The Boy from Mercury

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Tom Courtenay notableWork The Boy from Mercury
subject linked to: Thomas
The Boy from Mercury title The Boy from Mercury