Saints Movie on Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker (Man Of God)

[Roosh]

A movie about Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker is about to be released:



You can watch live screenings this month at the LA Greek Film Festival online:

[Available May 22, 2021, 7:00 - 10:00 PM]
[Available May 23, 2021, 6:00 - 9:00 PM]

15th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2021

lagff21.eventive.org

 

[Penitent]

A recent miracle of St. Nectarios:

A Paschal Miracle: Saint Nectarios of Aegina Descends From Heaven to Serve Liturgy

The peasants in a mountainous village of Aegina had been without a priest for years. Times was going by, but nothing was changing. Lent came, but they still had no priest. The people were worrying.

blog.obitel-minsk.com

 

[Roosh]

Clarification: it's a movie not a documentary.

 

[tractor]

Anyone has a link to buy/watch in Europe?

 

[Roosh]

I'm in...

 

[Roosh]

So I saw the movie last night. My thoughts...

-Wonderful Orthodox aesthetic. Worth watching alone.
-Indeed an "Orthodox" movie with Orthodox DNA. It didn't feel like a secular person trying to make an Orthodox film.
-In terms of Orthodox traditions and practices, the film was sound.
-It covers many decades of St. Nektarios' life, which leads to the inevitable downside of a lack of depth. It simply moves too fast. I wonder if it would have been better to focus instead on the end of his life with the nuns and then include occasional flashbacks.
-Actor of St Nektarios was a bit wooden, though softened up by scenes of him praying.

I can't declare this film better than Ostrov (The Island), but it's eminently worthy for Orthodox to watch when it gets widely released.

 

[MichaelWitcoff]

Watched it tonight and thought it was great. Really shows what lengths the Devil will go to in order to try and tear down people seeking Christ. The way he handled his persecutions with grace and dispassion put me to (holy) shame and convicted me over how passionate I can get.

 

[budoslavic]

Will be checking it out soon. Hopefully CC (closed caption) is available.

Meanwhile...

Basilica.ro interviewed Yelena Popovic back in November of 2020. She is the writer & director of "Man of God" film.

Yelena Popovic, director of the film about St. Nektarios: An Orthodox Christian can offer a lot to the world | A Russian Orthodox Church Website

www.pravmir.com

Agency Orthodoxy/journalist Pepi Economaki interviewed Mickey Rourke & Yelena Popovic. This is an interesting interview because he shared his personal stories and his strong faith in God.