***A small film that somehow restores your faith in life, in people and, well, everything*** This is a drama about an aged has-been actor (Morgan Freeman) who researches for an indie after a dry spell. He meets a spitfire checkout clerk named Scarlet (Paz Vega) at a supermarket in a Latino community of Los Angeles. Impressed by the young woman, he decides to help her while psyching-up for the role. The plot is obviously borrowed from 2003’s “Lost in Translation" with the female protagonist named after Scarlett Johansson. But don’t let that keep you from seeing this minor gem be…
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