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.
Release: 1994
Rating: 6.0
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Duration: 99 min
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Production: Majestic Films International, BBC Film, Little Bird
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Albert Finney
as Alfred Byrne
Brenda Fricker
as Lily Byrne
Michael Gambon
as Ivor J. Carney
Tara Fitzgerald
as Adele Rice
Rufus Sewell
as Robbie Fay
Patrick Malahide
as Inspector Carson