“Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. Seriously. You’ve got to try this new product. It’s called The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE.” Aging TV fitness star Elizabeth Sparkle (an irresistibly self-ironic Demi Moore) stumbles upon this ad at just the right moment. Her career is fading along with her body, and desperate situations call for desperate measures. And so her younger, considerably fresher, but also properly predatory self (Margaret Qualley) enters the picture. Let the show begin! Satirical comedy? Bloody body horror? All that and more! You’ll see the unseen, and don’t forget: if you ever get a doppelgänger, it’s still just you.
Anna Kořínek
140 min / Color, DCP
Director Coralie Fargeat
/ Screenplay Coralie Fargeat
/ Dir. of Photography Stéphane Thiébaut
/ Music 000 Raffertie
/ Sound Emmanuelle Villard, Stéphane Thibaut
/ Editor Coralie Fargeat
/ Art Director Stéphane Becimol, Arnaud Denis
/ Producer Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner
/ Production Working Title
/ Coproduction A good story, Blacksmith France
/ Cast Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
/ Sales The Match Factory
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Coralie Fargeat (1976, Paris). Filmography: Reality+ (2014, short), Revenge (2017), The Substance (2024).
The Match Factory
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Germany
Phone: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]
Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]
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