Miracle (the dead body adventures) (2019)

Margaret (Aislin De'Ath), a conductor, is in a tight spot when a maintenance man (Dimitar Shatrovski) dares to die in her apartment while working late one night. Except he is not dead, and therein lies the core of Miracle's humour: compounded, wrapped in cloth, and driven home by its soundtrack, camerawork, and editing. 'Miracle' is delightfully well-edited, both visually and audibly. As soon as the first ambient sounds of a drill unite with the strains of Mozart, you know you are in for a treat. For the entirety of its 15:59-minute runtime, it does not disappoint; instead, editing adds a crisp layer of humour that leaves you sniggering. Written to be a posh, harsh woman with an austere schoolmistress air, Margaret's undoing-of-sorts leaves the audience uneasy and tickled in turns. Aislin De'Ath gets almost all the lines and holds up the plot on deft, indignant shoulders that quail under Bach's omniscient, unsympathetic gaze. She moves around the 'dead' body, finally settling on her own bedroom as an ideal hiding place.