Raining Stones

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Raining Stones ★★ 1993

A hardup plumber becomes obsessed with buying an expensive first communion dress for his daughter and gets involved in numerous misadventures trying to get the money. Another of Loach's comedydramas about the British working class and their struggle to survive with dignity. 90m/C VHS, DVD . GB Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey, Gemma Phoenix, Jonathan James; D: Ken Loach; W: Jim Allen; C: Barry Ackroyd; M: Stewart Copeland. Cannes '93: Special Jury Prize.