The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: based-on-true-story , catholic , priest , 1990s , degenerative-disease , failed-boxer , faith-journey , faith-under-hardship , father-son-conflict , human-fragility , identity-struggle , life-changing-accident , personal-rebirth , physical-decline , seminary-life , spiritual-awakening