A Man Of No Importance. Synopsis: 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 1960's.
Alfie es un cobrador de autobús de mediana edad en el Dublín de 1963. Para sus pasajeros, es una persona excepcional, pero su vida privada es un infierno: en la ultraconservadora Irlanda de aquéllos años ha de vivir su homosexualidad de un modo reprimido. Su mayor pasión es Oscar Wilde, y monta representaciones con los pasajeros de su vehículo. Un día queda fascinado por una nueva viajera, y decide organizar la obra de teatro Salomé.
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