

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief.

Flannery O'Connor

Regina O'Connor

Robert 'Cal' Lowell

O.E. Parker

Elizabeth Hardwick

Father Flynn
Buzz Cut

Tom T. Shiftlet

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Thomas
Jean
Walter

Duchess

Sullen Woman
Claud Turpin

John Selby

Doctor Block
Emmanuel
Jesus

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Mrs. Freeman
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Diner Boy

Scoundrel
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Sheriff

Fighting Couple Man
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Priest

Convict
One Armed Man

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