THE DIRECTOR PRESENTS
WHAT IS OATH FILM?
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OATH is a teen adventure film currently at the pilot stage.
This phase has been produced by a community made of lay people and a few professionals.
Imagine a combination of the following films and add the Catholic Faith.
- THE GOONIES
- STRANGER THINGS
- INDIANA JONES
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So far, we have created a movie prototype filmed in both Louisiana and Provence, and completed the author’s story treatment.
This year, our goal is to finalize the script with the help of a renowned, successful screenwriter and to officially attach a well-known actor to the production.
THE STORY
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Max is happiest when he is in the bayou, paddling his kayak among the herons and turtles.
His mother, Sophie, is a faith-filled French woman. She raises her son according to her wedding vows.
But her husband has changed. Neals, a therapist, aspires to become a popular life-coach. He advocates self-improvement away from moral and faith.
So, Max’s attachment to the beliefs of his youth is fading. At school, his friends are lost in their screens. One day, Max snaps at his father and flees into the bayou outside the levee that protects the big city of New Orleans.
Max comes upon a shack where a strange mask dominates. That’s when two hunters seize him.
They have been looking for Max’s grandfather (Henri) who took to France the famous crown of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.
In France, Henri has stopped communicating. Max rushes there to find him before the sorcerer Lachlan and his mute henchman reach him.
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A FILM THAT FAMILIES NEED
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Today, the situation is dire for many families. They do their best to raise their children in the faith only to see many of them lost to the world later through social media, films, or even schools.
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But here comes OATH, a film that will be:
- 100% entertaining in the adventure genre, yet not one bit immoral.
- 100% catholic, yet not one bit preachy.
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Oath will support parents by offering their children a cool story with appealing characters where faith and ethics are lived out by the heroes yet also challenged by the villains.
A FILM WITH FAITH
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Oath is in a film genre that has not been yet attempted. It is both a Christian film and an adventure film for the families.
It is not about a saint, or a book in the Bible. Although there is sainthood, there is a book of the Bible within this film.
Oath is a film where faith has a natural daily place, much like in the lives of millions of people any day on our planet. Except that in Oath, our teen goes through some colorful adventures.
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The elements that are openly Christian in Oath are:
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• The religious persecution in a family.
• The interior strugle between agnosticism and Christianism is strong at first within Max.
• The life of a monastery.
• Chanted Prayer of the Hours.
• The place of the Virgin Mary in the salvation of a young man.
• A moral code for teens.
• The chivalrous commitment of a teenager to his Lord and God Jesus-Christ.
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HOW CAN YOU HELP?
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Your participation will be tax deductible as the funds will be sent by Indiegogo to Daniel Rabourdin's 501(c)3 Istoria, Inc.
Our support page will send you to our campaign on Indiegogo. This platform helps us sending our thank you gifts.
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As you know, in 2023 we want to reach the short feature level.​
For this, we call on you, much like villages in Medieval Europe would call on their people to fund a beautiful painting in their church. Those people poor or rich became patrons of the arts in proportions of their means,. The paintings and statues they created by helping the artists would inspire millions of people for centuries to come. In this XXIst century, our one piece of Christian art is a film. It also has the potential to inspire millions. You could be a patron of the Christian arts in this XXIst century.
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​​​​​TO PARTICIPATE FINANCIALY​
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You can send a check directly to our 501 (c) 3.
To the order of:
ISTORIA, Inc
Daniel Rabourdin
6309 Paris Ave
New Orleans, LA 70122
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Thank you,
Daniel Rabourdin
