Raining stones is directed by ken loach and written by jim allen. It tells the stories of men clinging precariously to their selfrespect, in a world with no jobs for them. The actors maintain a perfect balance between comedy and drama, with a script often necessitating improvisation, thus effectively controlling the tempo of the story the two overlap each other and especially during the second half the film flows. The strange and unexplained phenomenon of raining stones. On a housing estate in the north of england, a devoted but unemployed father bruce jones struggles to find the money for a first communion. A bittersweet workingclass comedy that resonates far beyond its immediate milieu, raining stones may be ken loachs most approachable film and, ironically, his most slyly political.
Raining stones is a 1993 film directed by ken loach and starring bruce jones, julie brown. Eventually, though, he gets mixed up with local mobsters, and his cockamamie efforts to avoid them. It stars bruce jones, julie brown, ricky tomlinson, tom. Life is sweet 1990, meantime 1983, all or nothing 2002, the van 1996, liam 2000. Raining stones 1993 yify download movie torrent yts. We do not offer to watch raining stones movie online. Bruce jones plays bob, a loving husband and father. Starring bruce jones, julie brown, ricky tomlinson, tom hickey, gemma phoenix. You can write, raining stones 1993 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. Raining stones 1993 bruce jones, gemma phoenix download.
Released may 1st, 1994, raining stones stars bruce jones, julie brown, ricky tomlinson, tom hickey the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the. A man on government assistance will do anything to take care of his family, even if it is beyond the law. 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. Some folk affirm that they are merely fragments of the rowley rag with which a portion of. The film is goodhearted and the characters are easy to identify with, but what i liked best was the underlying humor, even in this desperate situation. The film won the jury prize at the 1993 cannes film festival. His stubbornness gets him into trouble as he turns to questionable measures in his desperation to raise the.
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In this movie, director loach hammers home his frequent messageworkers who cant find work are driven to more and more desperate actions. Raining stones 1993 watch full movie online netflix us. Rent raining stones 1993 starring julie brown and bruce jones on dvd and bluray. Raining stones 1994 bob bruce jones is a religious but poor man intent on earning enough cash to buy a new communion dress for his daughter. View hd trailers and videos for raining stones on rotten tomatoes, then check our tomatometer to find out what the critics say. Drama 1993 a story of a man dedicated to his family and religion staring bruce jones. The viewer is forced to pick up the hidden nuggests of meaning embedded. Proud, though poor, bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful and costly brandnew dress for her first communion.
So he hatches various schemes, including hawking freshly killed mutton and offering doortodoor septic services, to raise the funds. With bruce jones, julie brown, gemma phoenix, ricky tomlinson. 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. Raining stones is the latest, the gentlest and the funniest of ken loachs films about workingclass life in modern britain. Hope springs eternal on a manchester housing estate even if it shouldnt as an unemployed plumber tries to. We do not provide paid free raining stones movie downloads. Rent raining stones 1993 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. On a housing estate in the north of england, a devoted but unemployed father bruce jones struggles to find the money for a first communion dress for his daughter when his van is stolen. Its a comedy and drama movie with a very high rotten tomatoes critics score of 100% and a better. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Raining stones 1993 is an english film directed by ken loach.
His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his. Raining stones 1993 where to watch it streaming online. Desperate for cash to buy his daughter a new communion dress, a workingclass man risks everything. Ken loachs midcareer classic follows a poor, working class man devoted to buying his daughter a beautiful but expensive communion dress. Twilight time twilight105br country united states format dvd release date 12aug2014 riffraff video. Raining stones 1993 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The phenomena of raining stones, for example, has been known to last for several days or even weeks, and with rocks too large to be carried long distances in the wind. Proud, though poor, bob wants his little girl to have a. Loachs previous film, riffraff, was about itinerant construction workers, who lived in abandoned flats that they liberated. Free wallpapers download of raining stones movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section.
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