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Cold souls - Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun, Sophie Barthes

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After intense rehearsals of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Paul (Paul Giamatti) is emotionally drained. He stumbles upon a "Soul Storage," a private lab offering New Yorkers something intriguing: a relief from the burden of their souls. Paul decides to get his soul extracted, only to discover that it has the shape and size of a chickpea. After a failed attempt to live and act without his soul, he rents an alleged Russian poet's soul, which guides him into a strange dreamlike world. Things take an unexpected turn when he decides to get his soul back and meets Nina (Dina Korzun), a Russian soul mule, who illicitly transports souls from Russia to America.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film drama science fiction soul transplant Russia Mafia angst actor performance existentialism

Persons of interest

Paul Giamatti .... Paul
Dina Korzun .... Nina
Emily Watson .... Claire
David Strathairn .... Dr Flintstein
Katheryn Winnick .... Sveta
Lauren Ambrose .... Stephanie
Boris Kievsky .... Oleg
Oksana Lada .... Sasha
Natalia Zvereva .... Anastasia
Rebecca Brooksher .... Yelena
Marie-Pierre Beausejour .... Sonya
Gregory Korostishevsky .... Yuri
Armand Schultz .... Astrov
Michael Tucker .... Frank
Sophie Barthes .... Screenwriter
Sophie Barthes .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009: Won: Best Actor (Paul Giamatti); Nominated: Crystal Globe (Sophie Barthes)
Sundance Film Festival 2009: Nominated: Grand Jury Prize Dramatic (Sophie Barthes)

Studios and distributors:

Madman Entertainment

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Theatrical report

Cold souls makes a good companion piece to the Phillip Seymour Hoffman movie Synecdoche, New York. They are both self-indulgent dramas about The Theatre™ and how hard it is to be fabulous. They both star stars of The Independent Scene™. They both laugh at pretension in the performing arts. The difference is that this film has Russians in it.

The drama movie Cold souls is directed by Sophie Barthes and stars Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun.