The Preacher's Wife (1996)

124 min · Christmas film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy

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Directors

Penny Marshall

Cast

Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Justin Pierre Edmund, Jennifer Lewis, Loretta Devine, Lionel Richie

The story

A voiceover by the preacher's son Jeremiah Biggs guides the viewer through the film. Reverend Henry Biggs is the pastor of a small struggling African American Baptist church in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of New York City. Membership is declining, Henry is pulled in a hundred directions by his parishioners' needs, and the church's finances are in trouble.

Catalogue themes and tags

Engel, Glauben, Götter, Kirche, Marital Problems, Marriage, Marriage Crisis, Prayer, Underworld, Family Drama, Heavenly Comedy, Romantic fantasy, Fantasy, Drama, Romantic drama, Family Film, Romance Film

Genres

Christmas film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy

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