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1993 British film
Raining Stones
Directed by
Ken Loach
Written by
Jim Allen
Produced by
Sally Hibbin
Starring
Bruce Jones
Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Distributed by
First Independent Films
Release dates
May 1993 (1993-05) (Cannes)
October 8, 1993 (1993-10-08) (United Kingdom)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
£256,636 (UK)[1]
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. The film won the Jury Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
^"UK films and co-productions". Screen International. 14 January 1994. p. 50.
^"Festival de Cannes: Raining Stones". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
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