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A Man of No Importance

An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero

6.2/ 1019941h 39mR
ComedyDrama

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.

Directed by Suri Krishnamma

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Faces behind the story

Albert Finney
Albert Finney
Alfred Byrne
Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker
Lily Byrne
Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Ivor J. Carney
Tara Fitzgerald
Tara Fitzgerald
Adele Rice
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Sewell
Robbie Fay
Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide
Inspector Carson
David Kelly
David Kelly
Christy Ward
Mick Lally
Mick Lally
Father Ignatius Kenny

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