Cashback.

So, this business with writing about oscarized films is more difficult than I thought. It's like trying to watch non-British films, suddenly, only British films seem attractive to me. I guess that it has to do with human nature. We always want what we can't have. However, it all worked with Cashback. I watch a kind of oscarized film and hey! it is also British.

So, this film was never really nominated for an Oscar. However, this film is the feature long version of a short film that was nominated to best short film for the Academy Awards. So, it is within the category.

Cashback tells the story of this young artist that breaks up with his girlfriend and suddenly becomes an insomniac. He decides to use those extra hours to work in a supermarket, to get some cashback. The short film deals exclusively with his time in the supermarket. He learns that, in order to make time go faster, he actually has to stop time. He captures the beauty of the women in the supermarket in his drawings. He actually stops time and undresses the shoppers in order to draw them. I wasn't sure about this film because it sounds so vulgar and careless. However, it is a beautiful moment. Women are treated like precious objects, like the summit of beauty. The boy sees beauty where nobody else can, in the awfully lit aisles of a supermarket during the night. He especially sees beauty in the girl portrayed by Emilia Fox. Beautiful Emilia Fox. Delicate Emilia Fox.

This film is delicate but very funny. The gallery of characters is perfectly arranged. There is enough fun and reality and chemistry between them to make a film that is worth 5 stars. Don't let the poster mislead you. This is worth it.