Lilies of the Field (1963)

Directors

Ralph Nelson

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis, Pamela Branch

The story

Homer Smith, a drifting handyman, stops at a remote Arizona farm seeking water for his car. He encounters a group of nuns from the former East Germany—led by the stern Mother Maria Marthe—struggling to maintain their modest desert homestead. Though initially resistant, Homer agrees to repair their roof.

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