# The Bridge / Silta

> A man and a woman engage in a desperate battle between gloom and hope.

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# The Bridge / Silta

1982 · Short film · 35mm · 8 minutes 43 seconds

A man and a woman engage in a desperate battle between gloom and hope.

> The Bridge by Marjut Rimminen is one of the finest Finnish animations through decades. It is a satire of war and peace, of optimism and pessimism. It explores the limitations of our reality with black humour. It is about the struggle between hope and despair, that neither of them wins, but life goes on.
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> – Tampere Film Festival 1998 retrospective

![A drawn woman lies with her eyes wide and mouth open, a man's face pressed against her cheek.](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/the-bridge/the-bridge-1982-woman-open-mouth-man-close.jpg)

- 🏅 **Valtion laatutuki**, 1983, Finnish State Quality Grant

Credits

- Script, design, animation, direction: Marjut Rimminen
- Editing: Oskari Viskari
- Rostrum camera: Lauri Pitkänen
- Music: Joe Davidow
- Producer: Mikael Wahlforss
- Production: Epidem
- Financed by: YLE, Swedish Radio, Suomen elokuvasäätiö

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