The Substance
Sign in to saveThe Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity who is fired by her producer due to her age and uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself with unexpected side effects.
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*The Substance* is a 2024 drama, thriller, horror, and science fiction film written, directed, and edited by Coralie Fargeat. The cast includes Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, and Joseph Balderrama. Produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the film was produced by Working Title Films and Blacksmith. It is a co-production from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, with English as its original language. The narrative is set in Hollywood, while filming took place in Paris and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
The film has a runtime of 141 minutes and a budget of 17,500,000. It was presented at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and distributed by Mubi. *The Substance* has received the Best Screenplay Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Its review scores include 78/100 and 89%, with an IMDb rating of 7.2 based on 438,849 votes and a TMDb vote average of 7.134 from 5,923 votes. The film earned 77,316,812 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
7.1A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Cast
- Demi Moore as Elisabeth
- Margaret Qualley as Sue
- Dennis Quaid as Harvey
- Edward Hamilton-Clark as Fred
- Gore Abrams as Oliver
- Oscar Lesage as Troy
Themes
- new year's eve
- capitalism
- birthday
- black market
- identity
- dark comedy
- beauty
- satire
- aging
- celebrity
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Coralie Fargeat
- Written by
- Coralie Fargeat
- Produced by
- Coralie Fargeat Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
- Starring
- Demi Moore Margaret Qualley Dennis Quaid
- Cinematography
- Benjamin Kračun
- Edited by
- Coralie Fargeat Jérôme Eltabet Valentin Feron
- Music by
- Raffertie
- Production companies
- Working Title Films Blacksmith A Good Story
- Distributed by
- Mubi (United States and United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
- Release dates
- May 19, 2024 ( 2024-05-19 ) ( Cannes ) September 20, 2024 ( 2024-09-20 ) (United States and United Kingdom) November 6, 2024 ( 2024-11-06 ) (France)
- Running time
- 141 minutes
- Countries
- France United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $77–82 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity (Demi Moore) who is fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) due to her age and uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley) with unexpected side effects.
Fargeat wrote the screenplay to explore societal pressures surrounding women's bodies and aging. Principal photography took place in France from August to October 2022. The film is noted for its use of satire and grotesque, hyperrealistic imagery, accomplished through prosthetic makeup and other practical effects, including bodysuits, puppetry, dummies, and approximately 21,000 liters (5,500 U.S. gallons) of theatrical blood. Originally set for distribution by Universal Pictures, the rights were later acquired by Mubi after a dispute between Fargeat and Universal over final cut privilege.
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