A Man of No Importance (1994)

An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero

• Comedy
• Drama

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.

Rating

6.2 / 10 (21 votes)

Release date

December 24, 1994

Runtime

1h 39m

Language

English

Director

Suri Krishnamma

Status

Released