Raining Stones (1993)

Directed by

Ken Loach

Genre

drama film, comedy film, social comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 145 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working class father in northern England struggles to scrape together money for his daughter's First Communion dress. His desperation leads him into a series of bad decisions and conflicts with loan sharks.

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What happens

Raining Stones is a 1993 film directed by Ken Loach and starring Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey and Gemma Phoenix. Written by Jim Allen, it tells the story of a man who cannot afford to buy his daughter a First Communion dress, and makes disastrous choices in trying to raise the money. The film won the Jury Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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