A Man of No Importance

Dec 24, 1994

1h 39m

★ 6.3

An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Majestic Films International

BBC Film

Little Bird

A Man of No Importance Trailers

Cast

Alfred Byrne

Albert Finney

Lily Byrne

Brenda Fricker

Ivor J. Carney

Michael Gambon

Adele Rice

Tara Fitzgerald

Robbie Fay

Rufus Sewell

Inspector Carson

Patrick Malahide

Christy Ward

David Kelly

Father Ignatius Kenny

Mick Lally

Mrs Grace

Anna Manahan

Ernie Lally

Joe Pilkington

Rasher Flynn

Brendan Conroy

Mrs Crowe

Joan O'Hara

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