Forrest Gump
1994 · Comedy · Drama
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Film / 1994
A Man of No Importance
Directed by
Suri Krishnamma
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
Albert FinneyAlfred Byrne
Brenda FrickerLily Byrne
Michael GambonIvor J. Carney
Tara FitzgeraldAdele Rice
Rufus SewellRobbie Fay
Patrick MalahideInspector Carson
David KellyChristy Ward
Mick LallyFather Ignatius Kenny
Anna ManahanMrs Grace
Joe PilkingtonErnie Lally
Brendan ConroyRasher Flynn
Joan O'HaraMrs Crowe
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Eileen ReidMrs Rock
Eileen ConroyMrs Curtin
Maureen EganMrs Dunne
Paddy AsheMr Ryan
Pat KillaleaPhil Curran
John KillaleaJack Curran
Pascale PerryMr Gorman
Joe SavinoBreton-Beret
Paudge BehanKitty
Jimmy KeoghTreasurer
Ingrid CraigieWaitress
Enda OatesGarda
Damien KayeFoley
Catherine ByrneWoman at Canal
Dylan TigheLandlady's Son
Stuart DunneJohn
Jonathan Rhys MeyersFirst Young Man
Vincent WalshSecond Young Man
Paul RoeThird Young Man
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