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<body> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/JavaScript>  </SCRIPT> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="592" height="1%" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="99%">    <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="205"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img border="0" src="../stills/davide-puzzle.jpg" width="200" height="264"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Having gotten tired of constantly fighting over money over the telephone with her son (Alessandro Fornari), a woman (Cachito Noguera) decides to calm her nerves by doing a jigsaw puzzle, her favourite pastime as it is. But this time around, the puzzle just won't fall together, the pieces just won't fit, instead of calming her down, it only excites and upsets the woman more and more. Then the power cuts out and won't come back on again, the woman hears footsteps outside, and when she returns to her puzzle, she finds it finished, showing something completely unexpected and completely unsettling ... <p>Click here to open the <a href="javascript:openBrWindow('../movies/popup/puzzle(2008).htm','bildgross','width=610,height=500,top=150,left=150')"><b>Spoiler Pop-up</b></a>!<p> <p>On a story level, this film might not make a lot of sense, especially on closer inspection - but that's totally irrelevant, too. Basically, this 5 minute short is an exercise in atmospheric filmmaking, with the narrative serving as a tool to create a mood of unease - and it works, too, the film is creepy as can be, and deliciously so, and it manages to keep up its tension from the first to last minute, and the unexpected and unlikely twists and turns the story takes only serve that purpose.<p> <p>And if this review has at all gotten you interested, why don't you watch the movie here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2lXsNDxLyM" target="_blank"><b>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2lXsNDxLyM</b></a>? <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="1%">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2012"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>