1993 · drama · comedy
Raining Stones
Directed by Ken Loach1h 30m1993
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. 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. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
Our read: Raining Stones (1993) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- intimate
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