(1) Where's the Unseen Footage on the DVD? and (2) Two Criticisms

It you're like me, and viewing this for the first time via DVD then you've come to the obvious conclusion that I have: a good chunk of the second part of the film must be missing. Even shots on the DVD of her taking her vows/robing ceremony and shots of Gia and her baby sitting in chapel can only indicate that part of this was missing.

Does anyone know if there was a part three?

O.K., for an awesome film, they went a bit overboard.

I found the retelling of this story compelling; however, the director/screenwriter didn't need to open it up so much to make it cinematic. The actors portrayal of Bakhita's maternal love of the young girl was strong enough without the whole way-over-the-top scene where the child gets to lie about her in court with a whole bunch of made-up stuff...kinda took me out of the emotions of the story and left me with a "Oh, for crying out loud" vibe. Will definitely see it again; I'll just fast forward the whole court scene and get to the ending, that's all.

The only other criticism is the age of the mother. Pardon me, but given the timeline 1885 to 1947, Aurora is the youngest looking 60-something I've ever seen! And a mother of three young girls, no less. The age difference was so stark that it brought me out of the feel of the film more than once. For example, when the husband realizes that the old gentleman in the field "Accept" was indeed Rocco, didn't anyone making the film realize that he was YOUNGER than Aurora in the story, yet magically ends up looking every bit of 20-25years her senior? His age is spot on, it's only Aurora that's way off.

If directors didn't go way off on these story-altering details then more Christian films would be able to make it to the mass movie market, where they should be shown over all of the over-sexed garbage that they call "cinema" nowadays. If you don't believe me, then how do you explain the shocking success of "The Passion of The Christ"?