Sophie Barthes

The 2009 Nantucket Film Festival is opening on June 18 [runs through June 21]. The opening film is Cold Souls from writer/director Sophie Barthes. Her script was inspired by a dream she had after viewing Woody Allen's Sleeper ... where, Allen was holding his soul in a cup and it was the size of a "chic pea." In Cold Souls, Paul Giamatti plays himself as a tormented actor struggling in rehearsals of Chekhov's Broadway-bound, Uncle Vanya . His agent tells him about Soul Storage, a service featured in The New Yorker, where souls can be traded and exchanged as commodities. Seeking relief from his ... Read Full Story

  2 out of 5 gavels Too smart for its own good, Cold Souls fails to captivate, instead settling for quips and the occasional poke at Paul Giamatti 's character. Paul Giamatti stars in Cold Souls Cold Souls, directed by Sophie Barthes features Giamatti as Paul (a fictionalized version of himself) who has a hard time controlling his anxiety as he prepares for an important acting role and heads to a company that specializes in "soul storage" after reading an article in the New Yorker magazine. After what appears to be a successful surgery, he discovers that he needs his soul more than ever ... Read Full Story

We all remember actor Paul Giamatti . His latest movie Cold Souls has just been released in the U.S.. Here's the premise per IMDB: Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of "Uncle Vanya." Paralyzed by anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. Giamatti enlists their service -- only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea. His intention is to reinstate it once he survives the performance but complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking "mule" borrows Giamatti's stored soul for an ... Read Full Story

chasness.files.wordpress.com Quote: Cold Souls is a 2009 comedy film written and directed by Sophie Barthes. The film features Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, and David Strathairn. Giamatti stars as a fictionalised version of himself, an anxious, overwhelmed actor who decides to enlist the service of a company to deep freeze his soul. Complications ensue when his soul gets lost in a soul trafficking scheme which has taken his soul to St. Petersburg. The film then follows Giamatti desperately trying to find his soul. wikipedia Limited release on August 7th (US) Trailer I can not wait to see this Read Full Story

Is your soul weighing you down? Paul Giamatti has found a solution! In the surreal comedy COLD SOULS, Paul Giamatti plays an actor named… Paul Giamatti. Stumbling upon an article in The New Yorker about a high-tech company that extracts, deep-freezes and stores people’s souls, Paul very well might have found the key to happiness [...] Read Full Story