The Van

• 6.338 Comedy
• 1996-11-29
• 100 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Colm Meaney (Larry) Donal O'Kelly ('Bimbo') Ger Ryan (Maggie) Caroline Rothwell (Mary) Neilí Conroy (Diane) Rúaidhrí Conroy (Kevin) Brendan O'Carroll (Weslie) Stuart Dunne (Sam) Jack Lynch (Cancer) Laurie Morton (Maggie's Mum)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writer:

Roddy Doyle