The Halo Effect

IMDb link: 0347138
IMDb rating: 5.7 (248 votes)
Genres: Comedy
Director: Lance Daly
Cast: Stephen Rea, Simon Delaney, Kerry Condon, Grattan Smith and others

Release date: 19 Nov 2004
Release year: 2004
Runtime: 97 minutes
Country: Ireland
Keywords: debt, gambling, compulsive gambler, gambling debt, debt collector, ireland, dublin ireland, chip shop, loan shark, charity

Plot:

Fatso is the kind-hearted owner of a rather bad take-away place in Dublin. His employees are a bunch of incompetent people, whom he keeps on mostly to help them survive. Also, he has a serious gambling problem resulting in mounting debts, and loan sharks are starting to make his life miserable.

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