保罗·吉亚马提（Paul Giamatti 饰）是纽约一个剧团的演员，他正在排演契诃夫的戏剧《万尼亚舅舅》。但是这出戏让他身心疲惫，几近崩溃。偶然机会，保罗找到一家名为灵魂仓库的机构。利用先进的技术，保罗成功地将自己95%的灵魂提取出来。在此之后，他的演技没有任何进展，反而常常感到莫名的空虚，并且性格也发生变化。为了回归正常生活，保罗在医生的建议下“安装”了一个俄罗斯女人的灵魂，但却让他更加烦躁。他强烈建议要回属于自己的灵魂，却发现原本妥善保存的灵魂已经不翼而飞…… 　　本片荣获2009年捷克卡罗维发利国际电影节最佳男主角奖（Paul Giamatti）。Civilization and its discontents. Paul, an actor preparing for "Uncle Vanya" on Broadway, is mired in ennui. His agent tells him about an office where he can put his soul in storage. He does so then discovers that being soulless helps neither his acting nor his marriage; he returns to the office and rents, for two weeks, the soul of a Russian poet. His acting improves, but his wife finds him different, he sees bits of the borrowed soul's life, and he's now deep in sorrow. He wants his own soul back, but there are complications: it's in St. Petersburg. With the help of Nina, a Russian who transports souls to the U.S., he determines to get it back. Who has he become?