Most (2003 film)

Most
Directed by	Bobby Garabedian
Written by	Bobby Garabedian William Zabka
Produced by	Bobby Garabedian William Zabka Alexandra Bekiaris
Starring	Vladimír Javorský Linda Rybova Ladislav Ondrej Ester Geislerová Brad Heller Klara Issova
Cinematography	Michael FitzMaurice
Edited by	Kveto Hecko Paul Petschek
Music by	John Debney
Release date	2003
Running time	29 minutes
Country	Czech Republic

Most (re-titled The Bridge in some countries) is a 2003 Czech film directed by Bobby Garabedian and written and produced by Garabedian and American actor William Zabka. The music score was created by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ).

Plot

Most is the story of a single father who takes his eight-year-old son to work with him at the railroad drawbridge where he is the bridge tender. A day before, the boy meets a woman boarding a train, a drug abuser. At the bridge, the father goes into the engine room, and tells his son to stay at the edge of the nearby lake. A ship comes, and the bridge is lifted. Though it is supposed to arrive an hour later, the train happens to arrive. The son sees this, and tries to warn his father, who is currently not paying attention and is unaware of the oncoming train. Just as the oncoming train approaches, his son falls into the drawbridge gear works while attempting to lower the bridge, leaving the father with a horrific choice. The father then lowers the bridge, the gears crushing the boy. The people in the train are completely oblivious to the fact a boy died trying to save them, other than the drug addict woman, who happened to look out her train window. The movie ends, with the man wandering a new city, and meets a woman, holding a small baby. Other relevant narratives run in parallel, namely one of the female drug-addict, and they all meet at the climax of this tumultuous film.

Main cast

• Bridge operator, father – Vladimír Javorský
• His young son, named Láďa – Lada Ondrej
• Young woman – Linda Rybova
• Sad Person – Chloe Wilson
• Ester – Ester Geislerová
• Brad from America – Brad Heller
• Pavlinka – Klára Issová
• John Lavachielli

Awards

• 2003 Sundance Film Festival: Official Selection
• Palm Springs International 2003: Winner – Best of Festival
• Maui Film Festival 2003: Winner – Best Short Film; Audience Award – Best Newcomers
• Heartland Film Festival 2003: Winner – Crystal Heart Award
• Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Interesting facts

Scenes with the participation of the bridge were shot in Szczecin, Poland on the rail bascule bridge over the Regalica River (Eastern Odra)

External links

• Most at IMDb