Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 9 nominations
Anna Dyukova
- Olga
- (as Anna Dukova)
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- TriviaThe film was inspired by a dream Sophie Barthes had in which Woody Allen discovers that his soul looks just like a chickpea. Barthes wrote the first draft with Allen in mind for the lead role.
- GoofsDmitri tells the actress not to worry that Paul's soul looks like and is the size of a chickpea, telling her that Al Pacino won three Oscars. Al Pacino has actually only won one Oscar (Best Actor in 1992, Scent of a Woman).
- Quotes
Giamatti - Paul: Are you telling me, my soul is a chick pea?
- SoundtracksKalitka
Written by A. Obukhov, A. Budishchev (traditional)
Performed by Larisa Bell
Featured review
Impressive Giamatti Performance in Futuristic Dark Comedy
This dreamlike dark comedy starring Paul Giamatti is strangely hilarious at times and at other times it is moving. Paul Giamatti who plays himself in the film, is an actor in misery that is struggling with acting a soulful character in a Chekov play. He reads an article in The New Yorker about a company that can extract souls and preserve them, so one can live without a soul. Giamatti being curious decides to check it out. David Strathairn plays the soul doctor and is hilarious. Giamatti's first visit is full of humorous dry jokes as he is convinced to have his soul extracted. After feeling hollow and empty without a soul, Giamatti decides to borrow the soul of a Russian poet. Unsatisfied, all he wants is his own soul back, however it has been borrowed by the soap opera actress wife of a Russian mafioso. The way the film is portrayed is very surreal and the director did an excellent job capturing this feel. Giamatti steals the screen as he is humorous and yet can believably portray such complex emotion.
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- May 27, 2009
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $905,209
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $63,302
- Aug 9, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $1,134,837
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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