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A Man of No Importance

An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero

1994★ 6.2 · 201h 39mComedyDrama

Overview

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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Cast

Rufus Sewell
as Robbie Fay

Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as First Young Man

Michael Gambon
as Ivor J. Carney

Brenda Fricker
as Lily Byrne

Albert Finney
as Alfred Byrne

Tara Fitzgerald
as Adele Rice

David Kelly
as Christy Ward

Patrick Malahide
as Inspector Carson

Vincent Walsh
as Second Young Man

Brendan Conroy
as Rasher Flynn

Ingrid Craigie
as Waitress

Paul Roe
as Third Young Man

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6.2/ 10

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Release date: 1994-12-24

Revenue: $934,550

Runtime: 1h 39m

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ComedyDrama

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