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A janitor unwittingly becomes the object of adulation due to a religious hoax - the handiwork of a priest desperate to regain his congregation. At first a reluctant hero, the janitor actually begins to believe in his "healing power", but just as quickly as he rose to celebrity, the fickle crowd turns against him...

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