The film The Substance continued to thrill audiences just a few days after the Halloween celebrations. Released in cinemas on 6 November, the film directed by Coralie Fargeat deals with a subject that leaves no one indifferent: eternal youth.
Distressing, surprising, sad, joyful, disturbing… The Substance has the merit of stirring the emotions. This Franco-British-American horror drama, part of the body horror sub-genre characterised by acts that disturb the human body, was directed by Coralie Fargeat. The latter is best known for her feature film Revenge, presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. Since its release on 6 November in French cinemas, The Substance has climbed to 6th place at the box office, dominated by L’Amour Ouf. A good start for this original script that leaves us glued to our seats.
Eternal youth: at what price?
The film tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, star of an aerobics show, who is sacked on her 50th birthday by her boss, who considers her too old. Depressed by this news, she receives a surprising and unexpected offer: a mysterious and experimental laboratory offers to test a substance that seems miraculous. The product would enable her to become a ‘better version’ of herself, ‘younger, more beautiful and more perfect’, thanks to cellular modification of her DNA.
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