Caden Cotard

But really, it follows, uh, the main character.

His name's Caden Cotard, uh, s-directly influenced by Jules Cotard, right? And it's played by-- He, that character, is played by one of the greatest actors of all time, in my opinion, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Rest in peace.

And, uh-

Decades compressed into a single narrative.

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Caden Cotard, a theater director who receives a MacArthur grant and builds a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse.

He hires actors to play people from his life, then he hires actors to play those actors.

The timeline spans decades but compresses them without clear markers.