Stars: Sam Brittan, Sharmita Bhattacharya | Written and Directed by Andrew de Burgh
“Beliefs and perceptions, they transcend facts…”
Written and directed by Andrew de Burgh (whose previous work includes a number of short films and television documentary work), The Bestowal is a science fiction drama film that follows a businessman named Steven Karius who is on the brink of suicide. He is visited by an inter-dimensional being, a being who appears before him in the guise of a beautiful woman, naming herself as “Death”. We then witness the conversation unfold between Steven and Death as they speak of life, death and the universe. Death isn’t there to claim Steven’s soul, however, but instead intends to persuade him to keep living.
It’s a deep and incredibly intriguing high-conceptual film that plays out in a very unique manner, with Death meeting Steven during four separate times of his life,...
“Beliefs and perceptions, they transcend facts…”
Written and directed by Andrew de Burgh (whose previous work includes a number of short films and television documentary work), The Bestowal is a science fiction drama film that follows a businessman named Steven Karius who is on the brink of suicide. He is visited by an inter-dimensional being, a being who appears before him in the guise of a beautiful woman, naming herself as “Death”. We then witness the conversation unfold between Steven and Death as they speak of life, death and the universe. Death isn’t there to claim Steven’s soul, however, but instead intends to persuade him to keep living.
It’s a deep and incredibly intriguing high-conceptual film that plays out in a very unique manner, with Death meeting Steven during four separate times of his life,...
- 10/23/2019
- by Chris Cummings
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