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The Boy from Mercury (1996)
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Release Date:
28 March 1997 (UK) morePlot Keywords:
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Best Movie About Childhood moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rita Tushingham | ... | May Cronin |
| Tom Courtenay | ... | Uncle Tony Cronin |
| Hugh O'Conor | ... | Paul |
| James Hickey | ... | Harry Cronin |
| Ian McElhinney | ... | Brother Dowdall |
| Joanne Gerrard | ... | Sarah, Paul's Girlfriend |
 | Sean Flanagan | ... | Sean McCarthy (as Sean O'Flanagain) |
| Kevin James | ... | James 'Mucker' Maguire |
| Liam Heffernan | ... | Usher |
| Rachel Martin | ... | Ice Cream Girl |
| Paddy Nalty | ... | Foyer Usher |
| Patrick J. Brady | ... | Sean's Perfect Father |
| Irene Parsons | ... | Sean's Perfect Mother |
| Aisling Duffy Neenan | ... | Sean's Perfect Sister |
| Brendan Morrissey | ... | Brother Quinn |
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This is almost forgotten Irish film - yet it's the still the finest ever made in this country. Anyone who remembers what it was like to be a child will identify with the frustrations, joys and terrors of growing up among adults and older siblings who failed to understand anything. The actors are wonderful including Tushingham and Courtney (3 decades on from Doctor Zhivago) and the technical elements are remarkable considering the shoe-string budget. I saw this movie at its world premiere in Dublin in 1996 - it was love at first sight. I hope it grows in stature over the coming years.