Raining Stones
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United Kingdom · 1993
1h 30m
Director Ken Loach
Starring Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Impoverished but proud, Bob wants his daughter to have a beautiful and expensive brand-new dress for her first communion. His stubbornness and determination land him in trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures to raise the money. The story of a man so devoted to his family and his religion that he risks everything.
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