A Man of No Importance

The story

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

Albert FinneyAlfred Byrne

Brenda FrickerLily Byrne

Michael GambonIvor J. Carney

Tara FitzgeraldAdele Rice

Rufus SewellRobbie Fay

Patrick MalahideInspector Carson

David KellyChristy Ward

Mick LallyFather Ignatius Kenny

Anna Manahan

Anna ManahanMrs Grace

Joe Pilkington

Joe PilkingtonErnie Lally

Brendan ConroyRasher Flynn

Joan O'Hara

Joan O'HaraMrs Crowe