Nacho Cerda's first film is an effective little 8 min piece. It tells of a student who falls asleep in class only to awaken and find that everything and everyone around him has come to a complete stop and is frozen in time. There are some very effective scenes in this film and the black and white cinematography lends it a very old school Carnival Of Souls feel. What brings the film down, however, is the lack of exposition, a problem that plagues many short films. Before he falls asleep, the student is staring at a bill, and more importantly the symbol of the all seeing eye atop the temple. The eye and temple become a recurring theme throughout the short but what they have to do with the proceedings is left completely unexplained. There is also some random imagery after he awakens that is never returned to or elaborated upon. All in all, this is a good film but it would perhaps have been better served as a longer short, perhaps an episode of Twilight Zone.
