![]() ![]() Saint Nectarios resonates on a human level.” I wanted to transmit something to the screen that was valuable and truthful. He had a life that was full of suffering and injustice. ![]() I didn’t want to dramatize his sainthood. She told listeners “I approached the story on a human level. Popovic spoke online at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in May. The film was directed by Yelena Popovic, who also wrote the screenplay, having been inspired by the life of Saint Nectarios, reading about him during an international flight she took. ![]() Yelena Popovic consults with Aris Servetalis, who plays Saint Nectarios in her film “Man of God.” Credit: Facebook/Man of God “Man of God” centers on the trials and travels of this priest of the common people who lived during the nineteenth Century, who was stripped of his church and exiled from Egypt but continued to care for the poor, teach peasant girls to read and write and established a convent in a barren island that still stands as a beacon to pilgrims. Rourke, who has been cast as a paralyzed man, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2009 for “The Wrestler.” He is joined by highly acclaimed Russian actor Alexander Petrov, who plays a close assistant of the saint, and legendary American actor Mickey Rourke in a guest star role, alongside other prominent Greek actors. In the lead role of Saint Nectarios is Aris Servetalis, the Greek actor whose popularity rose after the sitcom “Eisai To Tairi Mou” where he played Lazaros. International Cast in Lead Roles in Saint Nectarios Film ![]()
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