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Cashback

2004 · 18 min

A quiet, dreamy drift through a night shift, mixing gentle comedy with wistful longing and a playful sense of frozen time.

Tagline
You give 8 hours... They give you money.
Overview
Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • isolation
  • art
  • love
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Sean Ellis
Written by
Sean Ellis
Starring
Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne, Hatti Riemer, Frank Hesketh, Irene Bagach
Cinematography
Alex Barber
Runtime
18 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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