Directed by Paul Schrader • 1997 • United States
Starring Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich
Paul Schrader’s recurring search for the divine in contemporary America gets an offbeat, darkly comic spin in this adaptation of a (non-crime) novel by Elmore Leonard. After he witnesses a young man named Juvenal (Skeet Ulrich) cure a woman’s blindness through touch alone, washed-up former evangelist Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) sees a chance to exploit his powers for profit. Hill enlists the help of Lynn Faulkner (Bridget Fonda) to seduce Juvenal and help turn him into a show-business sensation—but what happens when she finds herself falling in love with a man who may really be able to work miracles?
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