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Three Days of Rain (film)

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Three Days of Rain
Directed byMichael Meredith
Written byMichael Meredith
Produced by
  • Philip Bligh
  • Brad Hillstrom
  • Christine U. King
  • Bruce Randolph Tizes
Starring
Distributed byRogue Arts
Release date
  • May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17) (U.S.)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Three Days of Rain is a 2002 US film directed by Michael Meredith. Based on Anton Chekhov's short stories, the plot takes place in Cleveland city during a rainstorm. It was the last film to star Peter Falk, famous for playing disheveled detective Columbo.[1][2]


Plot

Three Days of Rain is a film from 2002 that takes six short stories of Anton Chekov and sets them in modern-day Cleveland, Ohio. The film opens as a storm rolls into Cleveland that will bring rain for three straight days. The film follows six separate people through their unique struggles and challenges. There is a young women who is forced to give up her daughter and is willing to do anything to be with her. Another character is a cab driver who struggles to cope with the loss of his son. There is Thunder (Michael Santoro), who is a tile maker who is fighting to keep his business from going under, and Denis (Joey Billow), a mentally handicapped Janitor who is faced with losing his job. Through the entire film there is soft jazz and the banter of a local Cleveland disk jockey, the jazz also doubles as the film's soundtrack.

Credits

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Cameo/Uncredited cast

References

  1. ^ Bruce Weber (June 24, 2011). "Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor In Television's "Columbo", Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Peter Falk". The Daily Telegraph'. June 24, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2015.