Director Leonard Defilippis dramatizes the inspirational life of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Lindsay Younce), a young Frenchwoman who forsook her privileged upbringing in favor of an ascetic life as a Carmelite nun. In addition to attaining sainthood for her early death from tuberculosis, Thérèse became beloved for her posthumously released journal writings that espouse simplicity, humility, and compassion.