Cashback for life

In a cozy evening, I watched the short film CASHBACK by Sean Ellis and was thrilled by only 12-min clip. This time finally I had the chance to watch the full movie, 1 hr and 42 mins.



It is a movie dressed with the taste of French Perfume, graceful classic music, fluent and cozy plots. However, no exaggeration, no drag, with typical humor of British Independent film, genuine and refreshing monologue and dialogue, you feel your mood was transforming between the turbulence of relaxations and burdens, bitter and sweet.



The story is so simple that we don’t even regard it as a story. Ben broke up with his girlfriend and started to experience insomnia, leaving himself extra 8 hours per day for pain. He spent it on the nightshift in a supermarket, imaging that he could stop time, and later he discovered the meaning of life, finding his love and career.



Ben said, “During the hours most normal people are sleeping, I’m busy trading my time. I give them my extra eight hours, and they give me money. Cash back.”

But it was over his expectations. He kept on thinking his own life in the gap of frozen time, endeavor to transform his altitude from negatively pessimistic to positively optimistic, eventually, life gives him cashback.



Isn’t it an ideal life status? Firstly annoyed by a trivial love issue, however later you reach a higher level in the process of thinking. While looking back, all the previous depression is the buffer of happiness in the future.



To some extent, we are all Ben. We do believe we could give someone happiness by sacrificing ourselves, or letting someone go to find their own happiness. After the painful struggle, you find that your happiness actually is all around. All you can do is to keep moving forward. We do believe that time kills everything and drown in great agony in the drag of time. Suddenly one day we are all over it and begin to appreciate the regular rules of nature. It is impossible that this film cannot echo with your heart, so simple that it has all of us, so simple that it is all about us. That’s the genius of Sean Ellis.



I love the acting of Sean Biggerstaff in the film. Like Ben, I do believe that the body of human is a perfect art by the Creator. Man with stroopped eyes, blue while in silence, shining while with smile, is embodied with rich thoughts. His innocent face is perfect for a character between a man and a boy, so real and natural.



I am longing for some cashback as well.