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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Albert Finney
Alfred Byrne
Brenda Fricker
Lily Byrne
Michael Gambon
Ivor J. Carney
Tara Fitzgerald
Adele Rice
Rufus Sewell
Robbie Fay
Patrick Malahide
Inspector Carson
David Kelly
Christy Ward
Mick Lally
Father Ignatius Kenny
Anna Manahan
Mrs Grace
Joe Pilkington
Ernie Lally
Brendan Conroy
Rasher Flynn
Joan O'Hara
Mrs Crowe
Eileen Reid
Mrs Rock
Eileen Conroy
Mrs Curtin
Maureen Egan
Mrs Dunne
Suri Krishnamma
Director
Barry Devlin
Screenplay
Mark Shivas
Executive Producer
James Mitchell
Executive Producer
Guy East
Executive Producer
Robert Cooper
Executive Producer
Jonathan Cavendish
Producer
Ashley Rowe
Director of Photography
Julian Nott
Original Music Composer
David Freeman
Editor
Phoebe De Gaye
Costume Design
Jamie Leonard
Production Design
