Most or The Bridge is a film about simple interpersonal relationships and great sacrifice. The main characters are Lada and his father. The beginning of the film actually takes place at the end – during the father’s memories of his son.

It is fascinating how in a short time (the film lasts about half an hour) a multitude of relationships, their vicissitudes, a rich mix of emotions and life’s vicissitudes are shown.

The central event takes place in the place where Lada’s father works. Lada has talked his father into taking him to work. Lada’s relationship with his father is filled with cheerfulness and joy even in small things.

This joy permeates the plot from the beginning of the film. Lada’s father works on the railroad drawbridge he operates. A river runs underneath the bridge on which boats travel, so he has to ensure that it is raised and lowered.

When they arrive at the site, Dad goes into the control cabin and Lada stays by the river to fish. A boat is going down the river, so Lada’s father lifts the bridge up. However, a train is approaching prematurely, which Lada notices first, so when his father doesn’t hear his screams, Lada decides to somehow lower the bridge himself, only to fall into the shaft where the mechanism for lowering the bridge is.

Lada’s fall into the shaft is seen by his father, but the train is so close that he has to decide whether to save Lada and many people will die on the train, or sacrifice his son as he switches on the bridge lowering mechanism.

Parents Guide: A drug addict preparing a batch of dope. Smoking a couple of times. The scene where the father sacrifices his son to save the people on the train.

Cast: Linda Rybová, Vladimír Javorský, Ladislav Ondřej, Ester Geislerová, Klára Issová

Crew: Bobby Garabedian

USA, Czech Republic, 2003

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