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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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Ken Loach
- 1993-10-08
Apr 29, 1994 · Bob, a desperate man in hard times, tries to raise money for his daughter's first communion dress. He faces various troubles and adventures with his friend Tommy and the local priest in this realistic and humorous film by the British director Ken Loach.
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...
- 2 min
- 31K
- Film4
Bob, a religious but poor man, tries to earn money for his daughter's communion dress, but faces bad luck and disastrous choices. Watch the trailer and read the reviews of this 2003 film directed by Ken Loach.
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- Bruce Jones
- Ken Loach
- Comedy, Drama
TV-PG. Comedy · Drama · Independent. Devoted but stubborn, an impoverished family man goes to extraordinary lengths in pursuit of an expensive new dress for his daughter’s First Communion. Subtitles: English.
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.
