In a small town, the Catholic priest is worried about the competition from the Protestant pastor. The most notable of the recent defections to Protestantism is the local political leader, who converted after a quarrel with the Catholic bishop. To complicate matters further, the Church's sexton falls in love with the pastor's sister. One night the priest and the pastor are in the sacristy, where they, for the first time, are sitting together and playing chess. Someone knocks on the door: it's the sexton with the pastor's sister. The pastor, not wishing to be seen there, disguises himself as a covered saint (Lent is nearing its end, and it is the Catholic tradition to veil the saints' images). The priest lets them in, and tells them it is the image of Saint Francis under the cloth. The pastor sees an opportunity and speaks to the two youngsters as Saint Francis. He tells them that they should not pursue their romance because of their different faiths. The news of the "miracle" spreads through town.
Very naive comedy which shares some themes and one of the main actors with O Pagador de Promessas from a few years earlier. Curiously, both plays' authors went on to become telenovela (name given to Brazilian-made soap operas) writers. However, whereas that former movie was a Marxist drama, this is a comedy with no detectable leftist ideology.
Rating: 40
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