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Cold Souls, 2009

Cold Souls

English

USA, France

Rating:6.5
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Profile of Cold Souls

The mood of Cold Souls is mind bending, clever, and gloomy. The plot centers around redemption, introspection, and self discovery. It features satire. Cold Souls is a drama, comedy, and independent movie. Stylistically, it is postmodernist and is surreal. In approach, it is fantastical. Cold Souls is set in Russia and New York. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes nudity and profanity.

Summary of Cold Souls

Paul (Paul Giamatti), an actor, is having trouble preparing for the title role in Chekhov's ``Uncle Vanya.'' A magazine article puts him in touch with Dr. Flintstein, who specializes in the extraction and exchange of souls. Paul receives the essence of a Russian poet and is a rousing success onstage, but offstage, his new soul is taking over his life. A black-market courier named Nina (Dina Korzun) joins forces with Paul on a journey to Russia to find his lost soul.

Details

Language: English
Country: USA, France
Release date: 17 January 2009
Runtime: 101 min

Cast and Crew

Paul Giamatti as Paul in Cold Souls
Paul Giamatti

as Paul

David Strathairn as Dr. Flintstein in Cold Souls
David Strathairn

as Dr. Flintstein

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Cold Souls (2009)
Cold Souls (2009)

Users Reviews

Sad, funny, lost and humane. Such are the softly comic struggles of an actor named Paul Giamatti played by the actor Paul Giamatti. Do actors seek to re-arrange their souls by acquiring a bit of each character they play? What...
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Cold Souls is a pleasant surprise, serving as a proud title in a category of underrated indie films. Director Sophie Barthes is amazingly structured and original in her vision, using complicated plot themes concerning issues not normally studied in...
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