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A young woman with her hair in a braid wearing a black dress and holding a whiskey glass.

Dundead: The Substance

Duration: 18 minutes
Dates: Fri 20 Sep 2024 20:15

This screening of The Substance features a special introduction from Dundead programmer Michael Coull. Can't make it? View our regular screenings.

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (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, twentysomething Sue (Margaret 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? 

Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, The Substance marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

In a shadowy room, a woman holds a red telephone to her ear.
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Hands hold a piece of card that says 'Remember you are one'
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A woman looks at a billboard which shows a woman with long dark hair in a pink bathing suit, with the caption
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In a shadowy room, a woman holds a red telephone to her ear.
The Substance
A young woman with her hair in a braid wearing a black dress and holding a whiskey glass.
The Substance 2
Hands hold a piece of card that says 'Remember you are one'
The Substance
A woman looks at a billboard which shows a woman with long dark hair in a pink bathing suit, with the caption
The Substance
In a shadowy room, a woman holds a red telephone to her ear.
The Substance
A young woman with her hair in a braid wearing a black dress and holding a whiskey glass.
The Substance 2
Hands hold a piece of card that says 'Remember you are one'
The Substance
A woman looks at a billboard which shows a woman with long dark hair in a pink bathing suit, with the caption
The Substance

The Substance

Can't make it to our Dundead screening of The Substance? Check out our regular screenings below.

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The Substance

Fri 20 Sep - Thu 3 Oct 2024

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