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Manna from Heaven is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Maria Burton released in USA on 14 september 2002 with Shirley Jones

Manna from Heaven (2002)

Manna from Heaven
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Released in USA 14 september 2002
Length 1h59
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating53% 2.6574052.6574052.6574052.6574052.657405

Manna from Heaven is a 2002 film written by Gabrielle B. Burton and co-directed by her daughters Gabrielle C. Burton and Maria Burton. The film won awards at four film festivals. It was actor Jerry Orbach's final film before his death from prostate cancer in 2004 and Shelley Duvall's final film before her retirement from acting in 2002.

Synopsis

Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.

Actors

Shirley Jones

(Bunny)Cloris Leachman

(Helen)Seymour Cassel

(Stanley)Louise Fletcher

(Mother Superior)Frank Gorshin

(Ed)
And :
Austin Pendleton
Wendie Malick
Jill Eikenberry
Shelley Duvall
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