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All the Good Sinners

When Lúcia Ramos, a young Portuguese woman living a tumultuous life in a hopeful-but-haggard house of slackers, begins to spiral into a world of alcohol, drugs and sex, she desperately looks for a way out. When her Aunt Edite, a woman struggling with mental health issues who raised her from birth, reveals the circumstances in which Lucia’s parents were killed in a car accident—driving through a billboard that read JESUS SAVES—Lucia knows it is a sign. She had always been fascinated with miracles.

Finding refuge in her parent’s farmstead, Lucia begins the process of healing. As the possibilities open up for Lucia, she is visited by August looking for some handyman work. She is drawn to his gentle nature which feels at odds with his bear-like stature and dubious past. They quickly make a pastoral life for themselves. When Lucia realizes she cannot have children, she delves deeper into her faith. Her prayers seem to be answered when they are joined by Martha, a young woman who finds refuge on their farm after running away from an arranged marriage to a much older man.

Together, these three individuals draw a gathering of people to their barn where they worship by honouring the dignity of human beings living actual, messy, and beautiful lives.

Lúcia leads a religious but not so spiritual life. Tattooed, angry, and often profane, she stubbornly and hilariously resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people—a church-loving agnostic, a transgender person, a stripper, an alcoholic priest, and a gay gun-toting member of the NRA. Lucia offers no simple amendments or polite compromises, because the stakes are too high and souls and bodies are worth too much. Instead, this modern-day pastrix—a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors—calls for a new reformation.

As Lúcia lives and worships alongside these “good sinners,” Lucia is swept into firsthand encounters with grace—a gift. Even though she recognizes that she is devout and faithful she is deeply flawed; by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own. Her church moves into the cyber world, where the pandemic has forced many to worship. But doing so opens the church and the misfits who worship there to hatred and violence. The more Lucia ministers and becomes invested in protecting the lives of those who come to The House of Good Sinners, the more distant she becomes from August and Martha. The sacrifice becomes overwhelming, the consequences almost too painful to bear.

Post pandemic, a time when so many have rightly become disillusioned with religion, All the Good Sinners explores what happens when ordinary people or those often living on the fringes of society share bread and wine, and most importantly offer truths about their lives. As the story unfolds, what is captured is a funny and beautiful and maddening and frightening portrayal of faith, belonging, and a new kind of family.