The Substance

SYNOPSIS: A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that creates a younger, better version of herself.

DIRECTOR: Coralie Fargeat

Coralie Fargeat is a French filmmaker. She gained recognition with her debut feature film, Revenge (2017), for which she received awards from several independent film festivals. Her follow-up feature, The Substance (2024), a satirical body horror film, earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay as well as three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

Directed by: Coralie Fargeat

Year of production: 2024

Country: USA

Duration: 2h 21m