The Substance

The Substance

The Substance

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Demi Moore delivers the comeback performance of the year in Coralie Fargeat’s skin-crawling body-horror that satirises Hollywood ageism. It was the talk of this year’s Cannes Film Festival where it won Best Screenplay.

A faded fiftysomething star (Moore) who’s just been fired from her TV workout show by a sleazy executive decides to use a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself (Margaret Qualley – Kinds of Kindness).

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. You just have to share time – one week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days each... Easy right? If you respect the balance... What could possibly go wrong?

“The ultimate takedown of impossible beauty standards … While dissecting the world’s ridiculous beauty ideals, Coralie Fargeat directs her sensational feat with fearless humor.” – Screen Rant

Rating: R18+
Runtime: 140 mins
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Margaret Qualley, Demi Moore

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas
Thu, Nov 21:
18:00 20:20

Fri, Nov 22:
15:10 18:00 20:20

Sat, Nov 23:
15:10 18:00 20:20

Sun, Nov 24:
15:10 17:30 20:20

Mon, Nov 25:
15:10 18:00 20:20

Tue, Nov 26:
15:10 18:00 20:20

Wed, Nov 27:
15:10 20:20

Prospect Cinemas
Thu, Nov 21:
18:10 21:00

Fri, Nov 22:
12:30 15:20 18:10 21:00

Sat, Nov 23:
12:30 15:20 18:10 21:00

Sun, Nov 24:
11:30 14:20 17:30 20:15

Mon, Nov 25:
12:30 15:20 18:10 21:00

Tue, Nov 26:
12:30 15:20 18:10 21:00

Wed, Nov 27:
12:30 15:20 18:10 21:00

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