Cold Souls – 35mm

In this 2009 surrealist comedy by French-American filmmaker Sophie Barthes, Paul Giamatti portrays a fictionalised version of himself, as an actor so engrossed in his works that he struggles disassociating himself from the characters he portrays.

His mind is a muddled mix of all the emotions and troubles of his characters, and his own soul seems to get lost in the melange.

To try to control this situation, Paul visits a clinic that provides a “soul storage” service, leaving him with a more ma...