The Van

Nov 29, 1996

1h 40m

★ 6.4

A comedy about friends, family and fish.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures

BBC Film

Deadly Films

Beacon Pictures

The Van Trailers

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Cast

Larry

Colm Meaney

'Bimbo'

Donal O'Kelly

Maggie

Ger Ryan

Mary

Caroline Rothwell

Diane

Neilí Conroy

Kevin

Rúaidhrí Conroy

Weslie

Brendan O'Carroll

Sam

Stuart Dunne

Cancer

Jack Lynch

Maggie's Mum

Laurie Morton

Vera

Marie Mullen

Gerry McCarthy

Jon Kenny

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