Review and Giveaway: Most - The Deluxe Edition

MOST.  It is the Czech for "the bridge" and also the title of a touching short film centering around a sacrifice that saved hundreds of passengers heading toward an open drawbridge. 

Thirty-three minutes.  That is how long the Oscar-nominated short-film MOST, directed by Bobby Garabedian, takes to share a compelling modern-day parable that "vividly portrays the greatest offering of love, sacrifice, hope, and forgiveness known to man."

I didn't know much about the film, to be released in stores on March 1, other than it was an allegory. After watching the trailer (below), I got a sense for the emotional element of the story.





The movie is subtitled (nearly all of the cast members speak Czech), which I felt actually added to the story, and was filmed in Eastern Europe. 

This Christian allegory is touching and more than just a little heart-wrenching.  It is about choices, sacrifice, love for others - and change.  The decision facing the father was a little hard for me to watch as a parent, but that was the point.  The film is meant to get you thinking and could serve as a beginning of a family discussion about the message.  There is a short Study Guide included on the DVD with discussion questions.  Also included is Making of MOST, a behind-the-scenes look of the trials and successes of the production of MOST.

More about MOST: The Deluxe Edition:

Release Date: Tuesday, March 1
Where: Christian retail stores and online retailers
Cost: $14.99 (or less)
Includes:
• MOST (33-minute film)
• Making of MOST (32-minute feature)
• Bonus Scenes
• Extended Ending
• Introduction and Commentary by Luis Palau
• Study Guide
• Scoring Session (1 minute featurette of Symphony recording session)
Director, Producer, and Co-Writer: Bobby Garabedian
Producer, Co-Writer: William Zabka
Executive Producers: Cathleen Cassagne, Alexandra Bekiaris, Adam DeGraide
Stars: Vladimir Javorsky, Linda Rybova, Ladislav Ondrej

NOW CLOSED!  Congrats to Natalie, comment #7.

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