A Man of No Importance
An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero
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12/24/1994Runtime
99 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
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A quietly moving portrait of a closeted gay man finding solace and self-expression through theatre in 1960s Dublin. It's a film about small acts of courage and the cost of living invisibly.
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Albert Finney
Alfred Byrne
Brenda Fricker
Lily Byrne
Michael Gambon
Ivor J. Carney
Tara Fitzgerald
Adele Rice
Rufus Sewell
Robbie Fay
Patrick Malahide
Inspector Carson
David Kelly
Christy Ward
Mick Lally
Father Ignatius Kenny
Anna Manahan
Mrs Grace
Joe Pilkington
Ernie Lally
Brendan Conroy
Rasher Flynn
Joan O'Hara
Mrs Crowe
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