The Van (1996 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Van


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director = Stephen Frears
producer = Lynda Myles
Mark Shivas
writer = Roddy Doyle
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starring = Colm Meaney
Donal O'Kelly
Ger Ryan
Caroline Rothwell
Neilí Conroy
Rúaidhrí Conroy
Brendan O'Carroll
Stuart Dunne
music = Eric Clapton
Richard Hartley
cinematography =
editing = Mick Audsley
distributor = Fox Searchlight Pictures
released = Cannes Film Festival: 11 May 1996
UK: 29 November 1996
USA: 16 May 1997
Australia: 7 August 1997
New Zealand: 11 September 1997
runtime = 100 min
country = Republic of Ireland
language = English
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preceded_by = The Snapper
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amg_id = 1:136365
imdb_id = 0118064

The Van is a 1996 film, based on the novel (the third one of The Barrytown Trilogy) by Roddy Doyle. Like The Snapper it was directed by Stephen Frears.

Plot summary

The movie is situated in "Barrytown", a fictitious working class quarter of Dublin. Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy check he buys a van and sells Fish and Chips together with his buddy Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but soon the relationship between the two friends is strained, because Bimbo behaves more and more like a typical boss.

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