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6.4In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.
Released: 1996-11-29100 minDir: Stephen FrearsComedy, DramaBox office: $712,095Part of: The Barrytown Trilogy
Cast
- Colm Meaney as Larry
- Donal O'Kelly as 'Bimbo'
- Ger Ryan as Maggie
- Caroline Rothwell as Mary
- Neilí Conroy as Diane
- Rúaidhrí Conroy as Kevin
Themes
- van
- male friendship
- dublin, ireland
- snack bar
- football (soccer)
- unemployment
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
5,087 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Screenwriter
- Roddy Doyle
- Cast member
- Brendan O'Carroll
- Composer
- Eric Clapton
- Production company
- Beacon Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Oliver Stapleton
- Narrative location
- Dublin
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 992376
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- association football
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- publication date
- 1996-10-03
- film editor
- Mick Audsley
- title
- The Van
- distributed by
- Searchlight Pictures
- review score
- 42%
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