The Boy from Mercury

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The Boy from Mercury (1996) is an Irish 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 .

The book of the making of the film, , written by the director and released in 2006 by .

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• The Boy from Mercury at IMDb