The Van
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United Kingdom, Ireland, United States · 1996
Rated R · 1h 40m
Director Stephen Frears
Starring Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, Caroline Rothwell
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Set in "Barrytown", a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy, he 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.
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