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<p>The Van: 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. </p>

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