French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s body horror drama "The Substance" will premiere on MUBI on October 31.
Featuring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, "The Substance" is written, directed and co-produced by Fargeat. The movie had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival where it received an 11-minute standing ovation and the filmmaker won the best screenplay award.
In the film, Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey, played by 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, twenty-something Sue (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?" the official plotline read.
A Working Title Films production, "The Substance" also stars Hugo Diego Garcia, Phillip Schurer and Joseph Balderrama.
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