Two dying friends, one alleged miracle worker, zero guarantees — faith meets desperation in rural Brazil.
Joao Texeira de Faria, also known as John of God, is a world famous spiritual healer from Brazil who has been attributed to many miracles that science cannot explain. His work attracts both controversy and acclaim. For the past 30 years, thousands of people from all over the world have been flocking to his remote village in Brazil in search of cures for illnesses Western medicine offers little hope. Film maker Michelle Mahrer follows the journey of two of her friends on a healing odyssey to Brazil - Lya Shaked from Australia has terminal cancer, and Fred Porter from USA has HIV. Will they be lucky enough to receive a miracle?
Direction
Director films her own friends dying — messy, brave, questionable.
Production
Raw access to John of God's infamous crystal surgery rituals.
Director
Michelle Mahrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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