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Lilies of the Field

1963 · 94 min

A gentle, good-natured drama with quiet humour and a warm heart, carried by an easy charm and a sense of simple decency.

Tagline: Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Faith, friendship, found family, ambition
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
friendship
found family
ambition
redemption
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none