"The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" is a film about a true-life story describing the events of a mentally and physically retarded boy. Two aspects of being a human being are potentiality and actuality. Potentiality is the ability, or potential, for a human being to develop into a human person. Actuality is when a human being becomes a fully developed person. Leslie, the handicapped child in the film, is born into the world with no ability to speak, see, or even move. The woman who adopts him believes that God is with them and that she can bring him into a life of normality. The woman and her husband constantly care for Leslie, massaging his body and trying different methods to have him learn basic human functions. Eventually, he learns how to walk. As the movie progresses, they find that Leslie has an extreme talent for playing the piano. He even is able to develop the ability to sing. While this miracle is one of great importance, the ending of the movie provides the greatest one of all. Leslie shows emotions. He begins to cry. While these few aspects of his brain is actuality, the rest of his brain will not be able to fully develop. Leslie, being that he is a human being, has the potential to develop a complete intellectual mind and become a human person. But because of his handicap, it is most probable that this won't happen. Even though he will be able to acquire a small amount of accomplishments that will make him more of a complete human person, his handicap prevents him from becoming autonomous. In other words, Leslie will not be able to fully have an independent intellectual mind. Therefore, the actuality that Leslie will become a fully developed human person is not very likely, even though there is a small amount of potentiality for him to eventually become one.
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