Manna from Heaven

Manna from Heaven

119 mins | Comedy | Sept. 14, 2002

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.

Manna from Heaven

119 mins | Comedy | Sept. 14, 2002

Manna from Heaven
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Five Sisters Productions
Original title Manna from Heaven
Directors Gabrielle Burton, Maria Burton
Writers Gabrielle B. Burton

Cast

Shirley Jones

as Bunny

Cloris Leachman

as Helen

Louise Fletcher

as Mother Superior

Seymour Cassel

as Stanley

Wendie Malick

as Inez

Jill Eikenberry

as Dottie

Austin Pendleton

as Two-Digit Doyle

Shelley Duvall

as Detective Dubrinski

Hallee Hirsh

as Young Theresa

Harry Groener

as Tony

Faye Grant

as Rita

Drew Pillsbury

as Mac / Bake

Jerry Orbach

as Waltz Contest Announcer