Raining Stones

Raining Stones

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1993-09-09
Duration:90 min
Director:Ken Loach
Actors:Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey
Production:Parallax Pictures, Channel Four Films

Overview:

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

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