Cold Souls by Vj Kriss

England

101 min

2009

Paul Giamatti Henry Stram Boris Kievsky Sergey Kolesnikov Lisa Emery Mimi Lieber Boris Lyoskin Gregory Korostishevsky Michael Aronov Yuliya Yakovleva Svetlana Kireeva Seth Austin Rebecca Brooksher Laura Heisler Charles Techman Emily Watson Dina Korzun David Strathairn Katheryn Winnick Lauren Ambrose Michael Stuhlbarg Michael Tucker Armand Schultz Ted Koch Oksana Lada Anna Dyukova Stella Stark

Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. He enlists their services—only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea.