
A Man of No Importance
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
Release Date: 1994-12-24
Comedy
Drama
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Casts

Albert Finney
as Alfred Byrne

Brenda Fricker
as Lily Byrne

Michael Gambon
as Ivor J. Carney

Tara Fitzgerald
as Adele Rice

Rufus Sewell
as Robbie Fay

Patrick Malahide
as Inspector Carson

David Kelly
as Christy Ward

Mick Lally
as Father Ignatius Kenny

Brendan Conroy
as Rasher Flynn

Paudge Behan
as Kitty