Product: Lilies of the Field [VHS] (1963)
Rating: 5.0
He was an answer to their prayer...
Sidney Poitier plays Homer Smith, a construction working looking for work, in this endearing film. He stops to water his overheated car at a nun operated small farm. Unbeknownst to him, the mother superior(Lilia Skala) sees in him an answer to her prayer in the building of a much needed church. Helping them out of with various odd jobs, he discovers this out. He is at first unwilling to even get involved..all he wants is to get payed for the odd jobs and move on to better paying work. With few materials and fewer means to pay, this project appears impossible. Unwittingly he becomes their contractor and later realizes that this project can be accomplished. This simple film carries the message that faith and prayer really can move mountians.This Oscar winning performance by Sidney Poitier is well worth adding to any movie collection. The closing scene, as he and the nuns sing 'Amen' for the last time, remains a nice movie memory.