Based on A Remarkable True Story: When a simple uneducated man, happily married and father of six is chosen by a mysterious force to rise up as a spiritually and supernaturally gifted surgeon, healing thousands of desperate people, he must face the scorn of the medical profession and his beloved Church. Inspired by a unique true story that is laced with substance and relevance, tracing the life of a common family man, yet who had miraculously healed and touched the lives of countless numbers of people. The contrasting worlds of small town life in Brazil, politics, the Church and a penetrating voyage into the unknown are deftly played against a storyline that has meaningful things to say about the inherent vulnerability of the human condition in all of its permutations.​