Picking Up the Pieces

"A comedy that is not afraid to point the finger."

Aug 30 2000 R 1h 35m
Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.

Plot

Woody Allen plays Tex, a kosher butcher. Sharon Stone plays his unfaithful wife Candy. Tex catches Candy in the act and in a fit of rage he kills her. To conceal his crime he cuts up her body and buries it in the desert in New Mexico. However, when her hand surfaces, a blind woman trips over it and it restores her sight. The hand is then considered to be the "hand of the Virgin." Despite the church's fallen priest objecting, the ambitious mayor of the town creates an international three-ring circus of miracle-seekers, TV crews, and born-again local prostitutes all interested in the hand. All of this goes on while Tex is desperately trying to recover the hand before the sheriff finds it and uses it as evidence against him.

Written by

Bill Wilson

Directed by

Alfonso Arau

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

The Kushner-Locke Company

Languages

English, Español

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
4,048
Average Rating
4.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA