The Boy from Mercury

The Boy from Mercury 1996 is a nostalgiac Irish Film, the first from writer and director Martin Duffy. The film concerns the sciencefiction daydreams of a young boy in 1960 Dublin. Upon release, the film received international critical acclaim, and several awards, though was commercially unsuccessful. It was the first time actors Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay had appeared on screen together since Doctor Zhivago thirty years earlier. The film was also the debut of young Irish actor James Hickey.

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