A Man of No Importance
1994Alfie 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.
Acted in
Albert Finney
as Alfred Byrne
Brenda Fricker
as Lily Byrne
Michael Gambon
as Ivor J. Carney
Tara Fitzgerald
as Adele Rice
Rufus Sewell
as Robbie Fay
Patrick Malahide
as Inspector Carson
David Kelly
as Christy Ward
Mick Lally
as Father Ignatius Kenny
Anna Manahan
as Mrs Grace
Joe Pilkington
as Ernie Lally
Brendan Conroy
as Rasher Flynn
Joan O'Hara
as Mrs Crowe
Eileen Reid
as Mrs Rock
Eileen Conroy
as Mrs Curtin
Maureen Egan
as Mrs Dunne
Paddy Ashe
as Mr Ryan
Pat Killalea
as Phil Curran
John Killalea
as Jack Curran
Pascale Perry
as Mr Gorman
Joe Savino
as Breton-Beret
Paudge Behan
as Kitty
Jimmy Keogh
as Treasurer
Ingrid Craigie
as Waitress
Enda Oates
as Garda
Damien Kaye
as Foley
Catherine Byrne
as Woman at Canal
Dylan Tighe
as Landlady's Son
Stuart Dunne
as John
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as First Young Man
Vincent Walsh
as Second Young Man
Paul Roe
as Third Young Man