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Raining Stones is a 1993 film directed by Ken Loach and starring Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey and Gemma Phoenix. 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.
Oct 8, 1993 · Raining Stones: Directed by Ken Loach. With Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson. This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Ken Loach
- 1993-10-08
Apr 29, 1994 · "Raining Stones" is the latest, the gentlest and the funniest of Ken Loach's films about working-class life in modern Britain. It tells the stories of men clinging precariously to their self-respect, in a world with no jobs for them.
109. 31K views 10 years ago. On a housing estate in the north of England, a devoted but unemployed father (Bruce Jones) struggles to find the money for a first communion dress for his daughter when...
- 2 min
- 31K
- Film4
Bob (Bruce Jones) is a religious but poor man intent on earning enough cash to buy a new communion dress for his daughter. With his loyal sidekick, Tom (Ricky Tomlinson), Bob takes odd and ...
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- Bruce Jones
- Ken Loach
- Comedy, Drama
Apr 16, 2007 · Raining Stones - Trailer. This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a...
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- 63.6K
- kochlorber
Light-hearted and compassionate, Raining Stones is one of Ken Loach’s lesser-known films. It’s also one of his funniest, telling the story of an unemployed chancer trying to raise enough money to buy his daughter her first Communion dress.
