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Plot Summary
Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), an itinerant handyman, is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also wants him to build their chapelfor free! Hesitant at first, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he'll leave that dusty desert town a much better place than when he found it.
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Great movie, thought I buy it just for the heck of it. Glad I did it touches the heart, this movie is one for the colection.
Outstanding! Ageless! Worth seeing over and over again!
Years ago, when I asked to go see the movie "Lillies of the Field", my parents objected. I don't know what they had heard, but I heard wonderful things about it at school.
They relented only if my brother would come with me to make sure there was nothing objectionable.
My brother and I watched "Lillies of the field" and totally enjoyed it. As we headed for home, I told him that was one movie I would love to see again. His only words were, "You'll buy??", I said "Yes" and we turned back, returned to the theater and watched it again.
The only movies I've ever doubled back to see again were "Lillies of the Field" with Sidney Poitier and "Camelot" with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave.
Once we told my parents about the truly wonderful content of this movie, they realized they had misjudged it. (It turned out my parents were mistaking "Lillies of the Field" for another movie with a simular title).
In the end, the whole family saw and enjoyed this outstanding movie.
Through the years, I watched this movie whenever it was available on television.
"Lillies of the Field" has remained one of my all time favorites.
A gem.
Nelson's direction of this movie is deft and admirable, just as is his (uncredited) role in the film. Great performances all around and each of the characters brings an important and genuinely human perspective to the whole. In an age of in-your-face spectacles, it is so refreshing to see this artful and poignant portrayal of the human condition, and the recognition that people of good will can have different points of view, be imperfect and yet join to create something transcendent. A movie for all time.
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