Heavenly Pursuits

Heavenly Pursuits

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1986-07-11
Duration:92 min
Director:Charles Gormley
Actors:Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman, Ewen Bremner, Brian Pettifer
Production:Island, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), Film4 Productions

Overview:

Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis

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