Short Film - Coin Operated

A bit sad it is. You want to make a ride (you know those engines in front of a shop) and it turns out to be a lousy ride of a rusty (long forgotten) engine. What would you do? This child decides to sell lemonade, indeed a drink made out of lemons (irony or typical American). Year after year after year he sells and it made me wonder if what he paid for the lemons isn't way more than than the earnings. Apparantly it isn't since the bag of coins next to him grows huge (not as huge as when he would have had a normal job but I assume he goes for the coins which doesn't make sense because for sure he had to chance as well). How focussed can one be?
After a long, long, life of selling lemonade (how many lemons did that man used in his life, not to forget to mention the sugar needed) the day arrived he can make a ride to the moon.

If you ask me it's a miracle that engine is still on the streets and isn't removed. When he was a little boy he had trouble pushing a coin into the slot of the device but like an old man he manages to pour the gigantic bag of coins into the device. No deposit is needed to fly away. All that is left is the question what this guy will do if he returns. I say if, since it's not said.

Written & Directed by Nicholas Arioli
"Coin Operated" is an award-winning 5 minute animated short film that spans 70 years in the life of one naive explorer. This film was proudly made by independent artists.
Facebook - / coinoperatedfilm
Contact - [email protected]
Official Selection: AFI Fest 2017, TIFF Kids 2018, Hamptons Film Fest 2017, San Francisco Film Fest 2018, Mill Valley Film Fest 2018
Winner, Best Short Animation: Rhode Island Intl Film Fest 2017, Pittsburgh Film Fest 2017, At&T Film Awards 2017
Winner, Audience Award: Palm Springs Intl Short Fest 2017, Naples Intl Film Fest 2017, Brooklyn Film Fest 2017

_{The info above can be found on youtube as well. Isn't it interesting that all short films are prize winners?}

Prompt: deposit by @freewritehouse
8.11.24