No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could possibly go wrong?

Wildly entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation flips toxic beauty culture on its head with a timeless 'be careful what you wish for' tale.

Provocative, twisted, and ready to explode! Are you prepared to take Hollywood by storm? And with its own weapon, no less. Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, which made waves at Cannes, is undeniably one of the year’s best.

How attached are you to your alter ego? Elizabeth can't accept it when the star she idolized for years finally fades. As time becomes an unavoidable reality, she’s driven to attempt the impossible—reclaiming her 'better version' by using a dangerous formula, 'the Substance.' She succeeds, but when things spiral out of control, her ‘better version,’ Sue, takes charge. Or perhaps control is entirely lost.

For nearly a century, Hollywood has viewed the female body as something to be gazed at, desired, and idealized. But Fargeat is determined to blow that apart!