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Raining Stones
Ken Loach's mid-career classic follows a poor, working class man devoted to buying his daughter a beautiful but expensive communion dress.
Director: Ken Loach
Overview
Drawing on the traditions of Italian neorealism, Ken Loach presents a poignant story of personal sacrifice, as Bob (Coronation Streetβs Bruce Jones) seeks out the funds to buy his daughter a costly communion dress. The result is a raw and emotionally affecting film drawn with typical beauty and simplicity by Britain's master of social realism.
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