Cashback (2006) on Netflix
Art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy and develops insomnia. He takes the supermarket night shift, where he meets the checkout girl Sharon.
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- Rotten Tomatoes48%
Trailer
Plot summary
Ben Willis is an art student. His girlfriend Suzy ends their relationship, and he cannot sleep afterward. He takes a job on the late night shift at a supermarket to fill the hours. The staff there each have their own way of getting through the shift. Ben's is to imagine he can stop time, so the aisles and the shoppers stand frozen while he draws them. He meets Sharon, a quiet checkout girl, and the two are drawn to each other.
Cast
- Kenneth Fahyas Art Class Life Model
- Katie Ballas Art Class Girl
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cashback (2006)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Cashback was originally exhibited as a short film in 2004 and was expanded to feature length in 2006, with the finished feature including nearly all of the content of the original short.
- Once the decision was made to expand it into a feature, writer-director Ellis finished the longer script in just seven days.
- The original short version won 14 international festival awards and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film.
