A widow walks again, but her real wound is the mother who won't see her.
After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the powers to heal. First she uses the power to heal herself and then turns to others. However, her powers are beyond healing psychic scars that exist between her and her mother. Meanwhile, her best friend and her doctor struggle to understand her newfound abilities.
Acting
Dana Delany carries every scene like it's her Oscar reel.
Direction
Stephen Gyllenhaal finds grace in made-for-TV constraints.
Director
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephen Gyllenhaal directed this between 'A Dangerous Woman' and before his kids Jake and Maggie became Hollywood royalty.
This aired on CBS in 1999 when TV movies still tackled 'unmarketable' subjects like disabled female protagonists with actual interior lives.
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