Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michelle Ryan | ... | Suzy | |
Sean Biggerstaff | ... | Ben Willis | |
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Erica Ellis | ... | Canteen Lady |
Jay Bowen | ... | Steve Jenkins | |
Shaun Evans | ... | Sean Higgins | |
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Kenneth Fahy | ... | Art Class Life Model |
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Stan Ellis | ... | Art Class Teacher |
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Katie Ball | ... | Art Class Girl |
Emilia Fox | ... | Sharon Pintey | |
Stuart Goodwin | ... | Jenkins | |
Celesta Hodge | ... | Deer Girl in Sainsbury's | |
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Nia Roberts | ... | Woman at the Till |
Michael Dixon | ... | Barry Brickman | |
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Michael Lambourne | ... | Matt Stephens |
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Hatti Riemer | ... | Old Lady at Deli Counter |
When art student Ben Willis breaks up with his girlfriend Suzy, he develops chronic insomnia after finding out how quickly she moved on. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the pretty and quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia. Written by pyratio
A guy and his girl break up. Painfully. As a result of this the guy becomes an insomniac and suddenly finds himself with 8 more hours in the day. 8 more hours in which he feels the pain of love gone sour. 8 more hours to be bored and restless. He decides to make the best of it and starts working the night shift in a supermarket where he is met with a new kind of boredom and several people that deal with that boredom in different ways. Himself adding yet another way of dealing with that boredom. He imagines he can stop time. What follows is best seen instead of read about.
This film is filled to the rim with the most beautiful stills, completed with several speeds of motion and feels right. Right in an artistically way. It is like watching a painting being painted,, like watching a poem being written, like listening to a song being composed. And at the end it all adds up and the completed picture is seen in all its beauty. All in all a really nicely designed film that belongs in the small theaters and in the art-houses.
Next to that it is fun to watch. The adventures of the guy are interesting to follow, even though they aren't all that different from what most people go through at one or other stage of life. Music choice was very fitting and acting was good enough not to be falling out of place with the rest. So, all in all, a very pleasurable watch and something I can recommend to anyone.
9 out of 10 sketches sketched