
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.

as May Cronin

as Uncle Tony Cronin

as Paul

as Harry Cronin

as Brother Dowdall

as James "Mucker" Maguire

as Classroom Schoolboy

as Classroom Schoolboy

as Sarah

as Sean McCarthy

as Usher

as Ice Cream Girl

as Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)

as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)