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.
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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
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- Suri KrishnammaDirector
- Barry DevlinScreenplay
- Ashley RoweDirector of Photography
- Julian NottOriginal Music Composer
- David FreemanEditor
- Jonathan CavendishProducer
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