Film
A Man of No Importance
Ireland · United Kingdom- Age rating
- R
- Director
- Suri Krishnamma
- Year
- 1994
An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero
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.
Top cast
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
Eileen Reid
Mrs Rock
Eileen Conroy
Mrs Curtin
Maureen Egan
Mrs Dunne
Paddy Ashe
Mr Ryan
Pat Killalea
Phil Curran
John Killalea
Jack Curran
Directed by
Suri Krishnamma
Written by
Barry Devlin
Produced by
Jonathan Cavendish
