Les Lys des champs

Original title: Lilies of the Field

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7.5/10

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Sidney Poitier, Pamela Branch, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis, Lisa Mann, and Lilia Skala in Les Lys des champs (1963)

Trailer for this black and white classic

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Drama

A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

Director
- Ralph Nelson
Writers
- James Poe
- William E. Barrett
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

14K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Ralph Nelson
Writers
- James Poe
- William E. Barrett
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 13 wins & 13 nominations total

Trivia
Since the story's action was tied to the chapel's construction, a crew had to work through the night to keep up with its "progress" in the film. The actual building was real and could have stood for decades, but because it was built on rented property, it had to be demolished immediately after the filming was completed.

Goofs
When Homer is climbing down the ladder after finishing the steeple, one can see the 3 spaces in the brick (the top rung of the ladder cuts across the top space).

Quotes
Homer Smith: Gringo? I don't know if that's a step up or a step down from some other things I've been called.

Crazy credits
At the end of the film, the word "Amen" is seen, rather than "The End".

Connections
Featured in The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968)

Soundtracks
Amen
(uncredited)
By Jester Hairston
Sung by Sidney Poitier dubbed by Jester Hairston

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Featured review

Sidney Poitier's Place in Cinematic History.

The film that until 2001 sported the only African-American Best Actor or Actress Oscar winner. Sidney Poitier (in an excellent Oscar-winning performance) stars as an unemployed handyman whose car breaks down in New Mexico. He is greeted by a group of German nuns led by Lilia Skala (Oscar-nominated). The nuns are in desperate need of a church and it just seems that Poitier is not going to be able to shake Skala and the various duties she imposes on him. A really great film that works due to Poitier more than anything else. He carried what could have been a disappointing production into cinematic history. Arguably the best film of 1963, "Lilies of the Field" continues to be a funny, dramatic and heart-warming film nearly 40 years after its initial release. 4.5 out of 5 stars.