The Van

A comedy about friends, family and fish.

In 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.

1h 40m1996RTMDb 6.4

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

In 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.

Deadly Films

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Part of theThe Barrytown TrilogyView the collection

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 29 November 1996
Runtime: 1h 40m
Rating: R
TMDB score: 6.4 / 10 (76 votes)

Production

Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: Roddy Doyle
Studios: Fox Searchlight Pictures, BBC Film, Deadly Films
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Box Office

Revenue: $712,095.0
Collection: The Barrytown Trilogy

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English