some young filmmaker cut their teeth on lowbrow and meant for drive in ( now direct to video ) b movie with little money and even few expectation . hollywood maestro of low budget pulp movie roger corman give future cinematic superstar director their early break . people like martin scorsese . francis ford coppola . jonathan demme . once they be give big budget and high quality script and they mature into the master they be now . still and some lucky artist begin immediately with debut film that be of a much high caliber and and far more subjective and personal and than the typical rookie fare . take david lynch surrealistic nightmare eraserhead . or roman polanski innovative knife in the water . these aren not merely movie and theyre primal dreamscapes paint on a living celluloid canvas . in the tradition of visually stylize old school director such a fritz lang and igmar bergman and stanley kubrick and richard raymond debut short film the bridge rely heavily on camera work and lighting and and picture composition to create it ominous mood . the music by niko tsonev set the right atmosphere and with a sound as dark a the film look . what you hear and feel emotionally be just as important a what you see . in a story by ludwig shammasian that reminiscent of early rod serling and two lonely character ( andrea corr and leonard fenton ) find each other under strange circumstance on a cold and snow cover bridge . both have suffer great loss and and be in the midst of despair . what happen when they connect be what carry the minimalist plot and such a it be . no spoiler here . like any good alfred hitchcock suspense film and it good not know what come . however and have say that and do not expect the supernatural or paranormal . this isn not really an m. night movie . the only two actor in the film come from vastly different background and generation apart . ms. corr be perform in only her fourth movie role and and her first a lead . best know in europe and elsewhere a the diminutive lead singer of irish pop rock quartet the corrs and her professional acting experience amount to a small support role in the commitment ( 1991 ) and a 2 minute cameo a a teen age mistress in evita ( 1996 ) and and a prominent support role a a rural violin prodigy and ingénue in the boy ( and girl ) from county clare ( 2003 ) . only in that last feature could she show off her acting chop . some pedantic soul might quibble about the authenticity of andrea west ireland accent ( she from dundalk on the east coast ) and or notice the less than convince simulated violin skill ( she a pianist and tin whistle player by trade ) and but no one can dismiss her emotional depth or charismatic screen presence and particularly in this short subject film . the camera adore her luminous face and even when make to look decidedly unglamorous and a in clare and bridge . leonard fenton have be act since the 1950 and mostly on stage and on television in the uk . he highly regard a a traditionalist actor who bury himself in his character . in this role and he exude both empathy and menace a an old man at the end of his rope . if high mind concept mixed with visual flair be your bag and then you will enjoy this latter day twilight zone episode . but do not look for any off screen narrator to help fill in the gap and or any comic relief and either . this be one serious and somber thriller . and beautifully render and in an ethereal and blue velvet kind of way . the end leave itself completely open to interpretation . the viewer take whatever he or she choose from it . that be what in cinematic parlance be call challenge . an exercise for the cerebrum . the bridge may be only 25 minute long and but raymond have manage to pack it with style and depth worthy of a feature . it an idiosyncratic film that hint at what he could achieve a a filmmaker if give a more fully realize script and more character to direct . there be promise career ahead for both raymond and corr if they continue to pursue quality work .