Cold souls [videorecording] / Samuel Goldwyn Films, Two Lane Pictures and Winner Arts Limited present a Journeyman Pictures/Touchy Feely Films production in co-production with Memento Films production and Arte France Cinéma ; a Sophie Barthes and Andrij Parekh film ; produced by Dan Carey ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Sophie Barthes.
Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, Lauren Ambrose, Katheryn Winnick, Sergey Kolesnikov. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Special features include "Soul Extractor" featurette and deleted scenes.
Summary:
Souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. An actor named Paul Giamatti agonizes over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya.' Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by deep-freezing souls. Paul enlists their services, intending to reinstate his soul once he survives the performance. Complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking mule borrows Giamatti's stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, soap-opera actress. Now Paul is rendered soulless and is left with no choice but to follow the trail back to St. Petersburg.
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