This is a beautiful movie with a faith-based theme, not just about God but about faith in oneself, and just how living an honest life can bring peace and clarity. Charly, a free spirit who shocks people with her unconventional ways and unruly behavior, finds a true direction when she is reluctantly exposed to faith and prayer. She attempts to read the Bible and is intrigued as she attends church, meets all the people, watches the kids at Sunday school. Still confused and questioning the Christian faith, she slowly starts to understand the reasons why God and Christianity are important.

She seeks the Christian faith in a variety of places, including an art gallery displaying many religious paintings—orchestral music plays as she walks through the gallery solemnly taking in the meaning of each beautiful painting, stopping at the crucifixion and tears well up in her eyes as she stares at Jesus on the cross. She is at peace and reflecting.

The Christian faith leads her to believe in love, and she finds it in quiet, kind, Sam. However, when Charly is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, Sam begins to question his own devotion… is faith only good for Bible stories and fairytales, and when it really counts, what good does it do? Maybe it’s his fault. Maybe he needs more faith. All of Sam’s faith and trust in God could not save her and he has to come to terms with that.

Sam learns that to have true faith in God, he must let Charly go and trust her healing, whether in life or death, to Jesus.

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Hardships leave room for everyone to wrestle through their faith, but this film depicts the struggle through comfort, peace, acceptance, and forgiveness.