Raining Stones

Raining Stones
Directed byKen Loach
Written byJim Allen
Produced bySally Hibbin
StarringBruce Jones
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
Distributed byFirst Independent Films
Release dates
  • May 1993 (1993-05) (Cannes)
  • October 8, 1993 (1993-10-08) (United Kingdom)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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]

  1. ^ "UK films and co-productions". Screen International. 14 January 1994. p. 50.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Raining Stones". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 22 August 2009.