Stricteternum

The production values are quite good for a short. Up until the final minute you are hoping that something will happen that you will get a pay-off for waiting. Unfortunately the ending is little more than a gimmick that leaves you thinking I can't believe they wasted that much money on such a silly thing... and I can't believe I wasted 8 minutes watching it. I would have been accepted as a 2 minute short but the amount of build up in the film to that type of ending is simply mean.

As for the actors... well they are both decent in what they do. The production work is first rate and you are left wondering why some movies can't be this good production wise. The only complaint is the story is so bad. Good production and good acting can't save a horrible story and that is what you have.

Though a bit heavy-handed with the symbolism, this little film is quite haunting. Two people are caught in a maelstrom of tedium and routine, punctuated by flashes of despair alternating with hope. They appear to be ignoring the presence of a ghost -- symbolized by a doll and suggesting she is something much more to them.

I interpret the story as an allegory of being trapped in psychological pain and unable to escape, after an unbearable loss