Man of God (2021 film)

Man of God (Greek: Ο Άνθρωπος του Θεού) is a 2021 English-language Greek biographical drama film written and directed by Yelena Popovic and starring Aris Servetalis as Nectarios of Aegina and also starring Mickey Rourke and Alexander Petrov.^[4][5]

Man of God
Directed by	Yelena Popovic
Written by	Yelena Popovic
Produced by	Alexandros Potter Yelena Popovic
Starring	Aris Servetalis Mickey Rourke Alexander Petrov
Music by	Zbigniew Preisner
Production companies	Simeon Entertainment[1] View Master Films[1]
Distributed by	Pinnacle Peak Pictures[2]
Release date	25 April 2021 (2021-04-25) (Moscow)[3]
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	English

Synopsis

Man of God is based on the life of Saint Nectarios of Aegina, Greece. The film depicts his work among the public and within the church and also his conflicts with his superiors and the religious establishment. The film does not cover his childhood and Nektarios is already serving as a Metropolitan bishop in Egypt in the opening of the film.^[6]

Cast

• Aris Servetalis as Nectarios of Aegina
• Mickey Rourke as Paralyzed Man
• Alexander Petrov as Kostas
• Tonia Sotiropoulou as Maria
• Babis Hawk Konstantinou as Rich man
• Constantin Symsiris as Prosecutor clerk
• Giannis Stankoglou as Spiros
• Manos Gavras as Yannis
• Christos Loulis as Christos
• Kitty Paitazoglou as Nun Akakia
• Samuel Akinola as Baker
• Michalis Ikonomou as Vassili
• Dimitra Mesimerli as Client
• Karyofyllia Karabeti as Voula
• Alexandros Mylonas as Metropolitan Meletius
• Pavlos Kourtidis as Raggedy Man
• Lefteris Tsatsis as Hermit
• Yannis Anastasakis as Metropolitan Theoklitos
• Vera Letizia Muratova as Chrisafenia
• Nikitas Tsakiroglou as Patriarch Sophronius IV of Alexandria
• Onoufrios Dovletis as Villager (credit only)
• Mario Lazaridis as Deacon
• Sarantis Geogleris as Gregory
• Petra Mavridi as Confessor woman
• Konstantinos Kladis as Fisherman

Production

Principal photography wrapped in Greece in September 2020.^[7][8]

Release

The film made its world premiere on 25 April 2021 at the Moscow International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.^[3] It was then released in theaters on 26 August 2021.^[9] In its first four consecutive weeks, the film sold 241,014 tickets in Greece.^[10] It was the third most commercially successful film in Greece for 2021, with 283,520 ticket sold.^[11]