"What is love anyway? And is it really that fleeting?" wonders Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff), as the film opens with a break-up with his girlfriend, Suzy (Michelle Ryan).

Cashback is NOT a love story, even though it does tell a story about a boy and a girl.

It is a story about love.

Ben Willis, crushed by the split, goes into a depressive state where even sleep escapes him. He begins to ask "the age old question: What is love?"

Film maker, Sean Ellis, allows us to enter into Ben's inner world of jumbled thoughts and mixed emotions. We walk in his shoes. We see what he sees, but hear the thoughts running though his mind and feel his jumbled emotions. Ellis does this by melding silent scenes with Ben's commentary in the foreground.

As Ben wallows in disappointment and meaninglessness, I find myself drifting along, feeling his dejection, his jealousy and his helplessness. Sean Ellis is a master of time and emotion. Time does not seem to move in Ben's world. Emotions simply will not quit their haunt. Even if you have never gone through a break-up, you will probably recognise that state of mind, having experienced it at one point or another.