

A Man of No Importance
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $934.6K
- Language
- English
- friendship
- dublin, ireland
- ireland
- middle ages (476-1453)
- gay theme
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United StatesUS
- PremiereRNew York Premiere22 Dec 1994
- TheatricalR1 Feb 1995
- PhysicalRVHS19 Sept 1995
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1519 May 1995
- TVBBC Two (Screen Two)18 May 1996
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM11 May 1995
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 1994
- Theatrical (limited)R24 Dec 1994
FranceFR
- Theatrical26 Jul 1995
IrelandIE
- Theatrical21 Apr 1995
- Theatrical (limited)Irish Film Institute Open Day20 Jun 2015
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1621 Jun 1996
SpainES
- Theatrical19 May 1995
SwedenSE
- PhysicalVHS1 Aug 1996
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A Man of No Importance was released on 24 December 1994.
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