The Boy from Mercury (1996)
- Directed by
- Martin Duffy
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Ireland
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young boy in 1960s Dublin escapes into science fiction daydreams. The story follows his imaginative adventures and the people around him.
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What happens
The Boy from Mercury is a 1996 Irish-French-British film, the debut of writer and director Martin Duffy. The film concerns the science-fiction 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 the Irish actor James Hickey. The book of the making of the film, The Road to Mercury, written by the director and released in 2006 by Ogma Press. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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