Lilies of the Field
1963 ‧ Comedy/Western ‧ 1h 34m
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86% · Rotten Tomatoes
When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a group of Roman Catholic nuns who have emigrated from Germany. Realizing that the farm needs a lot of work, Homer takes on a...
Release date: January 10, 1963 (USA)
Director: Ralph Nelson
Distributed by: United Artists
Adapted from: The Lilies of the Field
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It tells the story of an itinerant worker who encounters a group of East German nuns, who believe he has been sent to them by God to build them a new chapel.
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A handy man. And a beautiful relation between them, mix of humor and friendship and help. The simplicity of story is more than charming. The message - more than ...
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Lilies of the Field is a funny, sentimental, charming and uplifting film, in which intelligence, imagination and energy are proved again to be beyond the price ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Lilies of the Field, American film drama, released in 1963, that explores issues of faith and is especially noted for Sidney Poitier's historic ...
Duration: 3:14
Posted: Oct 5, 2012
Posted: Oct 5, 2012
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The film tells the story of an African American itinerant worker who encounters a group of East German nuns when he stops at their convent to fill his "thirsty" ...
The Lilies of the Field is a 1962 novel by William Edmund Barrett, who based his depiction of the sisters partly upon the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of ...
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A warm, sensitive handyman, stranded in an Arizona desert town, builds a chapel for a lively group of nuns.