A Man of No Importance

A Man of No Importance (An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero)

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.

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Top Cast

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

Anna Manahan

As Mrs Grace

Joe Pilkington

As Ernie Lally

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