The Van

The Van (1996)

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.

Date of release
1996-11-29
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (76)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Stephen Frears
Collection
The Barrytown Trilogy

Casting

Interesting facts

The Van is a 1996 film, based on the novel The Van by Roddy Doyle. Like The Snapper (1993), it was directed by Stephen Frears. The first film of the trilogy, The Commitments (1991), was directed by Alan Parker. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Colm Meaney and Donal O'Kelly.

Production

Filming took place in the North Dublin suburb of Kilbarrack, and at Ardmore Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

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