The Van (1996) on Netflix
Bimbo Reeves loses his job at a Barrytown bakery. With his redundancy money he buys an old van, and he and his best mate Larry sell fried food from it.
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- Netflix2.7/5
- IMDb6.7/105,149 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes42%
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Plot summary
Bimbo Reeves earns his living baking in Barrytown, a working-class part of Dublin, and the job ends when the bakery lays him off. His best friend Larry is out of work too, living on welfare with his wife Mary and their children, and he tries to cheer Bimbo up. Bimbo's wife Maggie backs him, he spends the redundancy money on a van without an engine, found in a junkyard, for selling hamburgers, french fries and fried codfish, and he asks Larry to work with him. Ireland's run at the 1990 World Cup brings in customers.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Van (1996)
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- The Van was trimmed by about five minutes after its 1996 Cannes Film Festival screening, a cut Roger Ebert said made it quicker and more alive when he saw it again a year later.
