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.
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
David Kelly
as Christy Ward
Mick Lally
as Father Ignatius Kenny
Anna Manahan
as Mrs Grace
Joe Pilkington
as Ernie Lally
Brendan Conroy
as Rasher Flynn
Joan O'Hara
as Mrs Crowe
