Meet God at the Movies

Meet God at the Movies will discuss Of Gods and Men, the 2010 French drama film for its exploration at 6:30pm on Monday, September 19.

The film premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix, the festival's second most prestigious award. It became a critical and commercial success in its domestic market, and won both the Lumières Award and César Award for Best Film.

The movie is about an order of Trappist monks whose members include Christian (Lambert Wilson) and Luc (Michael Lonsdale) and who live among the Muslim population in a quiet corner of Algeria. As the country is plunged into civil war in the mid-1990s, the men of God must decide whether to stay among the impoverished residents who have been their neighbors, or flee the encroaching fundamentalist terrorists. The situation that unfolds is based on actual events.

The Saint Philip’s movie discussion group gathers on the third Monday of every month via Zoom to explore a film and plumb it for theological content in the areas of creation (what is the world of the story like); what is broken/where is sin; is there a moment of turnaround, repentance; and where is redemption or the reign of God visible.

All are welcome to join the discussions, but registration is required (every time). You can register here.

Of Gods and Men can be streamed on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Microsoft Store, and DIRECTV online.

More about the movie from Wikipedia here.