The Van

1h 40min

Comedy

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures

BBC Film

Deadly Films

Beacon Pictures

Release date

29th Nov 1996

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English