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The Snapper
film by Frears [1993]
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- In Stephen Frears
He subsequently directed the comedies The Snapper (1993) and The Van (1996), both based on novels by Roddy Doyle, and Mary Reilly (1996), a retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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film by Doyle
- In Roddy Doyle: Barrytown novels
…The Snapper in 1990 (film 1993), in which pregnant 19-year-old Sharon Rabbitte’s refusal to name the father of her unborn “snapper” (Dublin slang for “baby”) sends Barrytown into a frenzy of gossip. In The Van (1991; film 1996), the Rabbittes launch a mobile fish and chips business out of…
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