Dir. Coralie Fargeat
2024 | 140 mins | USA, UK
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid,

Showing Times

• Fri 18 Oct: 5.15pm
• Mon 21 Oct: 8.15pm
• Tue 22 Oct: 2pm*
• Wed 23 Oct: 8.15pm*
• Thu 24 Oct: 2pm + 8.15pm

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Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?
You. Only better in every way.
You’ve got to try this product: The Substance.
It changed my life.

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance in this body-horror satire, as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid).

She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley).

The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong?

Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, THE SUBSTANCE marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

BBFC Rating

Rated 18 – strong bloody violence, gory images