The Van

In English with French subtitles
Duration: 100 mins

This film adaptation of the third installment of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown trilogy is set in Dublin’s North Side. Brendan “Bimbo“ Reeves has been laid off from his job as a baker. Together with his old friend Larry, he decides to buy a van with his redundancy cheque and sell fish and chips. Thanks to Ireland’s amazing success in the World Cup that year, they do a roaring trade; but will the pressures of financial success sour their friendship forever?

Directed by Stephen Frears
With Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly, Ger Ryan