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... 跨宗教信仰 肤色和价值观之赞曲。 影片描写了地位低下的黑人青年霍默．史密斯，热心帮助一些逃难的东德修女，并答应为她们修建一座小礼拜堂……从而展示了他的人性美。本片触及全美最敏感的神经——黑人问题，一开始就显得不同反响。还有波蒂埃细腻的表演更引人注目，赢得36届奥斯卡最佳男主角奖，跻身于好莱坞超级影星的行列。
