Lilies of the Field

1963

Action / Comedy / Drama

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 86% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 15125 15.1K

based on novel or book nun arizona homelessness farm life chapel

Plot summary

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

Director

Ralph Nelson Photo
Ralph Nelson

Top cast

Ralph Nelson Photo
Ralph Nelson as Mr. Ashton
Francesca Jarvis Photo
Francesca Jarvis as Sister Albertine
Lilia Skala Photo
Lilia Skala as Mother Maria
Dan Frazer Photo
Dan Frazer as Father Murphy
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671.82 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 4
1.42 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Xstal 7 / 10

No Malice, No Prejudice, No Loss...

Few are the films, past and especially present, that contain only pleasure and joy, or at least the seeds of them - even fairy tales have their villains. Heartwarming - absolutely, who wouldn't want to imagine themselves as Homer Smith with the generosity he affords the nuns, not just in building them their chapel but teaching them English and sharing a song or two.
Reviewed by billcr12 8 / 10

Poitier is great

Sidney Poitier won the best actor Oscar for this film and he deserved it playing a traveling handyman who is drafted by a flock of German nuns to build a church out in the deserted Southwest. He is a cynical man with a great singing voice and it is put is put to good use several times. This is a change of pace for me as I usually watch violent fare of the Tarantino style. We all need a pleasant change of pace once and a while.
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