GB, USA, FR 2024 | Director, screenplay: Coralie Fargeat | Camera: Benjamin Kračun | Editing: Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Feron | Music: Raffertie (Benjamin Stefanski) | Sound: Emmanuelle Villard, Valérie Deloof, Stéphane Thiébaut | Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid | Production: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner | Colour | DCP | 140 min | english OV with german SUB | mubi

Demi Moore shines as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-list actress turned fitness instructor who is suddenly fired from her own fitness TV show by the obnoxious TV boss Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She seizes the opportunity offered by a mysterious new drug: The Substance. A single injection is all it takes and she is reborn - temporarily - as a beautiful twenty-something named Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? They have to share time: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. The perfect balance. What could go wrong? Director Coralie Fargeat's wildly entertaining and ruthlessly satirical film sensation pokes fun at the toxic cult of beauty and tells a story for the ages about being careful what you wish for. (Final Girls Berlin)

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