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A Man of No Importance

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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.

Cast & crew

Patrick Malahide · David Kelly · Tara Fitzgerald · Barry Devlin · Michael Gambon · Albert Finney · Rufus Sewell · Suri Krishnamma · Brenda Fricker · Joe Pilkington · Mick Lally · Anna Manahan

Studios & networks

BBC Film · Little Bird · Majestic Films International