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Raining Stones

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Raining Stones
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NR,1hr 41min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1993
Director:
Ken Loach
Distributor:
Fox Lorber
Starring:
Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Ricky Tomlinson  ...more
Synopsis: Bob (Bruce Jones) lives with his wife Anne (Julie Brown) and his daughter Coleen (Gemma Phoenix) in a poor English town. Bob scrapes by with whatever odd jobs come his way -- working as a bouncer, stealing green turf, cleaning septic tanks. Although Bob has no money and is living on the dole, he is determined to buy his daughter a dress for her first communion. The local parish priest (Tom Hickey) suggests that Bob settle cheaper and get a second-hand dress for Coleen's communion. But Bob will have ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Social realist director Ken Loach continued his early 1990s resurgence with another unflinching look at modern-day, working class Britain. Though the film's plot is as simple as a fable -- a proud father fumbles his way through odd jobs to buy his daughter a communion dress -- Loach undermines the potential for slapstick humor and saccharine sentiment. When Stones veers into darker, more tragic territory ... Full Review
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Bruce Jones
Bob
Julie Brown
Anne
Ricky Tomlinson
Tommy
Tom Hickey
Father Barry
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