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Manna from Heaven

What happens when a "gift from God" turns out to be a loan?
Sep 14, 2002 · 1h 59m
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Comedy

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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.

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CAST

Shirley Jones
Bunny
Cloris Leachman
Helen
Louise Fletcher
Mother Superior
Seymour Cassel
Stanley
Frank Gorshin
Ed
Wendie Malick
Inez
Jill Eikenberry
Dottie
Austin Pendleton
Two-Digit Doyle
Directed by Gabrielle Burton

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$505,675
Production
Five Sisters Productions
Country
US

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