The Most Beautiful Day

A lone traveller called Sherman wanders around an apocalyptic landscape . Finding an opening to a bunker he walks down the steps only to have the door slam behind him , trapping him in the bunker . Things go from bad to worse when he hears unearthly sounds emanating from the dark

I was somewhat surprised by this short in that despite it being an Estonian film written , directed and starring Estonian born film maker Einar Kuusk it's an English language short . Unfortunately this is the only surprise and it's not the fault of the Kuusk because if you've come to this page before seeing THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY it's already too late because the plot synopsis . cast lists and quotes on this page give away very important plot turns which negates several plot turns

This is a pity because this is a fairly effective though a little bit gloomy short film featuring the genre of sci-fi/horror . Ventilation hafts , strange noises in the dark and a trapped protagonist which means the clichés are being wheeled out but does use them very well . Thankfully there's no zombies either . Mr Kuusk makes a good everyman type character and while Ross Bugden and Hannes Johansson score does seem a little bit off and intrusive in some places it did remind me of composer John Murphy's better musical score in some other places