Product: Lilies of the Field [VHS] (1963)
Rating: 5.0
A little film that did
Sidney Poitier was already a star when this film came around. But what this film did is prove that he was a great actor. This film has no flash or technical sophistication. This is a film with a simple, direct and compelling story of faith and good deed.Homer Smith is a casual laborer who stops to help out a small convent and winds up building a chapel.Poitier plays homer with humanity. Lilia Skala plays the reverend mother who uses her faith and iron will to get Homer to build the chapel.This is a movie of pure emotion and extreme heart. If this film does not give the feel goods, nothing will.