Dreams on Credit: Searching for Connections in Shopgirl

Film as Text. Adapted from Steve Martin's novella of the same name, Shopgirl shows the difficulty of creating meaningful connections in an overwhelmingly complicated world. A film about the need to be noticed – and what can happen once we are – Shopgirl touches on depression, age, responsibility, economics and working to find what you're most passionate about, writes Rebecca Ciezarek.