With sharp wit and cathartic intensity, Coralie Fargeat turns toxic beauty culture inside out in her Oscar®-winning latest feature. Powered by a career-best performance from Demi Moore, The Substance fearlessly bulldozes its way into the midnight-movie pantheon and the feminist canon.

Nell’ipnotico corto fantascientifico di Coralie Fargeat, una Parigi futura ospita orde di uomini e donne bellissimi. Un’elettrizzante discesa negli inferi di una società ossessionata dall’immagine che, dieci anni prima di The Substance, ha valso alla regista francese svariati premi.

Weaponizing tropes to neo-feminist ends, Coralie Fargeat fires on all cylinders in this killer film. Adrenalized by the same fascination with transformation that sparks across The Substance, the provocateur filmmaker empowers her heroine to go from Barbie to badass with dangerous, delirious style.