Based on an article from the Ensign Magazine with the same name. As Patrick Gill prepares to serve a mission, he is offered his dream job - a manager at the local skateboarding shop. Now Patrick is faced with the hard decision of taking the job or serving a mission.
Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th century. The story of his father Gustav Natanael Nykvist is told through his own photos, letters, and films. Director & cinematographer: Sven Nykvist. Narrators in the English dubbed version: Liv Ullmann & Sean Connery. Produced by Ingmar Bergman (Cinematograph AB). Digitally restored in 2022.
Charlie, professeur d'anglais reclus souffrant d'obésité, tente de renouer avec sa fille adolescente pour une ultime chance de rédemption.
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Macao, 1640. Sans nouvelles du père Ferreira, un jésuite portugais qui dirigeait une mission au Japon, les prêtres Rodrigues et Garupe convainquent leur supérieur de les laisser partir à sa recherche. Lorsque, dans l’espoir de perpétuer l’œuvre de Ferreira et peut-être même de le retrouver vivant, Rodrigues et Garupe se séparent pour prendre des chemins différents, ils ne se doutent pas des choix déchirants qui les attendent.
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
A Christian relief organization is met with the challenge of fighting the Ebola epidemic in west Africa, through this enormous challenge their faith grew.
A returning missionary recounts his experiences of sharing the gospel. Portrays what it is like to be a missionary. Excellent tool for encouraging young men to prepare themselves for missionary service.
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Dans les années vingt, deux athlètes britanniques prédisposés pour la course à pied se servent de leur don, l'un pour combattre les prejugés xénophobes, l'autre pour affirmer sa foi religieuse.
Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson, a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones, a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic, Ginger Ted and Miss Jones are sent to an outlying part of the islands to run a hospital; on their return, their motorboat breaks down, and they are marooned overnight on a small island.
Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.
Dans la jungle thaïlandaise, un groupe d'aide humanitaire qui doit livrer des fournitures médicales à Burma recrute les services de John Rambo comme guide sur la rivière. Lorsque les travailleurs humanitaires sont faits prisonniers, Rambo rassemble un groupe de mercenaires pour les secourir. La suite est une descente effrénée aux enfers.
Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the South Pacific, while being in opposition to France.
Une aristocrate anglaise se retrouve à la tête d'une propriété gigantesque dans le nord de l'Australie. Pour échapper à des jaloux, elle demande à un type rugueux et peu loquace de conduire son troupeau de plusieurs milliers de têtes à des centaines de kilomètres. La Seconde Guerre mondiale n'est pas loin, et les Japonais ont commencé à bombarder la ville de Darwin.
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.