A scarred woman's desperate bus ride to faith, hope, and maybe nothing at all.
Badly scarred in a childhood accident, Violet boards a bus in North Carolina on a pilgrimage to Oklahoma to visit a TV preacher, the one that heals. On the bus, she meets two soldiers on their way to Fort Smith. The film won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982.
Acting
Didi Conn's raw, unshowy transformation from Grease sweetheart.
Writing
Dialogue that breathes—every silence says more than speech.
Director
Shelley Levinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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