Judy Bauerlein

David Morse plays Father John McNamee, a catholic priest who accepts a position at an inner-city church. The film begins with Father McNamee as he starts his new job and follows the priest through his struggles in adapting to his new surroundings. Based on a true story

해리는 베스트 셀러 작가이지만, 약 중독에다 매춘부를 가까이한다. 그는 자기 작품에서 주변 사람들을 과장하고 왜곡시켜 따돌림을 당한다. 해리의 그런 뻔뻔한 성벽 때문에 3명의 전 부인들은 모두 그를 증오하며 떠나갔다. 한편 해리는 자신을 퇴학시켰던 대학에서 명예 학위를 받게 되는데, 동행할 사람이 없어 전날 밤을 함께 보낸 창녀에게 함께 가자고 한다.

At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting