The Boy from Mercury 1996

Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury to study life on Earth. His fantasies mirror the life of his hero, Flash Gordon, from the serial he watches each week at the local cinema. His escapades result in dilemmas that drive his mother to such distraction that she turns to the boy's strange uncle for help.

Cast:

Rita Tushingham
May Cronin 

Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin 

Hugh O'Conor
Paul 

James Hickey
Harry Cronin 

Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall 

Kevin James
James "Mucker" Maguire