根据真实事件改编。女主角Ellen Burstyn以及饰演她母亲的老演员Eva Le Gallienne共同获得1981年奥斯卡提名。 Ellen Burstyn experiences the afterlife for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. As she begins her long process of physical healing, she discovers that she has the ability to heal physical infirmities. While most people simply accept her gift, her lover (Sam Shepard) becomes mentally unbalanced and dangerous because she does not place the healings within a religious context