She has survived through hatred and self-loathing until she meets Michael Hosea (Lewis) and discovers there is no brokenness that love can’t heal”, it adds. While the film is light on Scripture references, Redeeming Love is a clear retelling of Hosea 1-3. “The story centres on Angel (Cowen), who was sold into prostitution as a child.

Like the novel, the film is a “ powerful retelling of the biblical book of Hosea against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850”, the official website says. The novel is set in the nineteenth century, and told mostly from the perspective of the prostitute, Angel. Redeeming Love shows there is no brokenness love can’t heal.' The story is inspired by the book of Hosea from the Bible. “A powerful retelling of the biblical book of Hosea” Redeeming Love is based on the Biblical chapter of Hosea, in which God tells his prophet, Hosea, to marry the prostitute, Gomer, to illustrate God's faithfulness to Israel despite Israel's sin. The official announced plot (), 'Redeeming Love is a powerful retelling of the biblical book of Hosea against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

Rivers, along with Caruso, have adapted the script based on her novel, which has been on the Christian best-seller list for more than 10 years, selling over 3 million copies worldwide, and it has been published in more than 30 languages. It has been produced by Roma Downey and Cindy Bond, of The Bible and I Can Only Imagine. The best-selling novel of Francine Rivers Redeeming Love is being adapted into a film.Ībigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Nina Dobrev, Famke Janssenand, Logan Marshall-Green and Eric Dane are part of the cast of the film, directed by D.J.

Redeeming love based on hosea