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In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes Cold Souls, a surreal comedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti playing an actor named Paul Giamatti who agonises 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. Paul 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 Paul’s stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, Russian soap-opera actress. For your chance to win a double pass to a special screening of Cold Souls this Wednesday night (November 25) at Palace Barracks at 6:30 pm, email your name to mikki@mapmagazine.com.au.