The Boy from Mercury
E1019110
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Boy from Mercury canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish film
ⓘ
coming-of-age film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Seamus Deasy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| director | Martin Duffy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | J. Patrick Duffner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Brenda Fricker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugh O'Conor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrid Craigie NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hickey NERFINISHED ⓘ Lia Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Tushingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Rúaidhrí Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Courtenay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Harry Cronin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen McKeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | a lonely young boy who imagines he is a visitor from Mercury ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1996-05-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Martin Duffy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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family conflict ⓘ imagination ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| title | The Boy from Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tom Courtenay