
Homer Smith, 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 Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert...... (Full plot summary below)
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Homer Smith, 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 Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert...
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| Portland OregonianTed MaharMade on a modest budget and filmed entirely on location in Arizona, Lilies reveals Sidney Poitier as an actor with a sharp sense of humor. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJames PowersLilies of the Field is a funny, sentimental, charming and uplifting film, in which intelligence, imagination and energy are proved again to be beyond the price of any super-budget. |
| Orlando SentinelCrosby DayThis was a small, low-budget picture that went straight for the heart and succeeded critically as well as financially. |
| EmpireAlan MorrisonAn uplifting film that cemented the reputation of its star. |
| Time OutTrevor JohnstonIt might be significant as an early independent movie made good, but Poitier got better when he got angrier for In the Heat of the Night four years later. |
| User ReviewjamesfhallI read the novel, and this movie does not disappoint. Sydney Poitier is fantastic playing a simple man urged to build a church for a group of German nuns. |