A Substância
Em "A SUBSTÂNCIA", uma celebridade em decadência decide usar uma droga clandestina, uma substância que replica células e cria temporariamente uma versão mais jovem e melhor de si mesma.
Directed by
Coralie Fargeat
Written by
Coralie Fargeat
Studio
Working Title Films
Genre
Drama, Terror, Ficção científica
Video
1080p
Audio
English (PCM Stereo)
Subtitles
Portuguese
Cast
Demi Moore
Elisabeth
Margaret Qualley
Sue
Dennis Quaid
Harvey
Edward Hamilton-Clark
Fred
Gore Abrams
Oliver
Oscar Lesage
Troy
Christian Erickson
Man at Diner
Robin Greer
Male Nurse
Tom Morton
Doctor
Hugo Diego Garcia
Diego - Boyfriend
Daniel Knight
Casting Director
Jonathon Carley
Assistant Casting Director
Jiselle Henderkott
Girl Auditioning
Akil Wingate
TV Host
Vincent Colombe
Man in Suit #1 - Harvey's Office
Billy Bentley
Man in Suit #2
Lennard Ridsdale
Man in Suit #3
Jordan Ford Silver
Assistant Director - Pump It Up Show
Oscar Salem
2nd Assistant Director - Pump It Up Show
Viviane Bossina
Sue's Assistant
Matthew Luret
Floor Runner
Jana Bittnerová
Maria
Olivier Raynal
Alan - 2nd Agent
Tiffany Hofstetter
Stylist
Nicolas Royer
Guy in the Elevator
Nathan Rippy
Assistant Director - New Year's Eve Show
Manon Arizmendi
Little Girl - New Year's Eve Show
Virginie Kotlinski
Mother - New Year's Eve Show
Brett Gillen
Director of Photography - New Year's Eve Show
Charlotte Marquardt
Screaming Woman
Léa Hengl
Screaming Woman
Gaëlle Raymond
Screaming Woman
Claire Lemaire
Screaming Woman
Lila Boughoufala
Screaming Woman
Aurélien Lorgnier
Screaming Man
Ivan Sellier
Screaming Man
Philip Schurer
Screaming Man
Christian Bourmier
Shareholder
Martin Graham
Shareholder
Christian Bordeleau
Shareholder
Patrick Hamel
Shareholder
Didier D'Hondt
Shareholder
Jacques-Yves Dorges
Shareholder
Jean-Claude Matthey
Shareholder
Olivier Jarcin
Shareholder
Jean-Luc Magneron
Shareholder
Charlotte Murray
Allison - Diner Waitress
Aaron Kahn
Greeting Person
Gabriela Arnon
Greeting Person
Nancy Josephson Lahoussine
Greeting Person
Andrew Eldridge
Greeting Person
Denise Powers
Greeting Person
Bryan Jones
Greeting Person
Adam Carage
Happy Birthday Person
Maria McClurg
Happy Birthday Person
Andrew Desmond
Happy Birthday Person
Rebecca Lafont
Happy Birthday Person
Laura Puech
Isabella
Ryan Chidester
Stagehand
Céline Vogt
Elisabeth (Young) - Walk of Fame
Yannick Guérin
Clumsy Burger Guy - Walk of Fame
Jean Miel
Worker Walk of Fame
Paul Descoings
Worker Walk of Fame
Benoit Lévêque
Worker Walk of Fame
Arthur Molinet
Cocktail Bartender
Manon Sachot
Cocktail Lounge Couple
Bastien Jorelle
Cocktail Lounge Couple
Kelly Hoarau
Female Assistant - Towel
Michel Juskiewicz
George - Harvey's Friend
Louise Greggory
Restaurant Waitress
Christophe Sartirano
Guy Looking at Sue
Florent Torres
Guy Looking at Sue
Romain Caldeira
Billboard Technician
Barthelemy Thomas
Billboard Technician
Axel Baille
Photographer
Yann Bean
The Substance (voice)
Ashley Lambert
Additional Voices (voice)
Ranjani Brow
Additional Voices (voice)
Chase Fein
Additional Voices (voice)
Shane Sweet
Additional Voices (voice)
William Calvert
Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Corbett
Additional Voices (voice)
Jimmy Theodore
Additional Voices (voice)
Mathew Geczy
Bob Haswell (uncredited)
Namory Bakayoko
Silhouette (uncredited)
Gregory Defleur
Happy Birthday Person (uncredited)
Reviews
Michael Phillips
[Moore's]gripping in ways the rest of the picture is not, transcending the thesis points and comic exaggerations simply by playing against the comic extremes and holding a card or two, always, in reserve.
Ty Burr
With wit, style and ruthlessness, Fargeat has made a movie that's an example of the soulless pop-culture object she's spoofing.
Zachary Barnes
It's all in service of obvious ideas about the intertwined pressures of sexism and the spotlight, themes too little developed to sustain the nightmarish, queasily satirical fantasia splashed and spattered atop them.
Alissa Wilkinson
"The Substance," Coralie Fargeat's mirror-haunted gory fable about fame, self-hatred and the terror that accompanies an identity constructed on the backs of other people's stares.
Peter Travers
Demi Moore seizes the role of her lifetime as a movie star turned fitness guru who gets axed for committing the cardinal sin of aging. You've never seen anything like the body horrors in Coralie Fargeat's gory and glorious takedown of youth obsession.
Adam Graham
Wickedly audacious and boldly over-the-top, "The Substance" is a biting, hilarious and stomach-churningly disgusting satire of modern beauty standards and Hollywood's obsession with youth, staged as a deranged midnight movie freak-out.
Dana Stevens
Fargeat approaches her material with a hatchet, hacking methodically away but rarely sculpting with any nuance.
Nick Schager
Pushes everything past the point of moderation and decency until it becomes a riotous discourse on the personal and cultural forces that drive women to madness in search of physical perfection.
Mark Kermode
It's absolutely full of moments of really full-on -- and I mean REALLY full-on -- theatrical gasp-inducing horror that makes you go [GASP].
Krysta Fauria
If there's a critique to be made about the film, it's that the satire and caricatures are a bit heavy-handed, with most of the male characters being not-so-subtle misogynists. But that overkill is part of what makes it so much fun.
Gary M. Kramer
"Old age ain't no place for sissies," Bette Davis once famously quipped, and neither is "The Substance." This bloody body horror satire is sure to have viewers gasping and laughing throughout, especially during its over-the-top finale.
Thelma Adams
With this cross between David Cronenberg body horror and Sunset Boulevard, Moore inserts herself into the Oscar conversation, giving a performance that is both literally naked and operatically dark.
A.A. Dowd
"Gross" does not do justice to this movie's anatomical perversions. Every ticket sold should come with a commemorative barf bag.
Amy Nicholson
If it weren't for Moore and Qualley hurling themselves into the shared role, it'd be as flat as a scotch-taped pin-up. If it weren't for Moore, I'm not even sure it would work.
Katie Walsh
Fargeat delivers a macabre, funny, tragic, absurd and grotesque Grand Guignol of butts and guts; a bonkers and brutal "beauty horror" that elevates the genre to a hysterically unprecedented heights.
Maxwell Rabb
The Substance is a horrifically absurd exploration of Hollywood's obsession with beauty.
Odie Henderson
The last 20 or so minutes of this movie - the best part - is wall-to-wall, nonstop blood and gore, mostly done with those old-school practical effects fans like me prefer. The delightful yuck factor made me forgive the film's numerous problems.
Claudia Puig
Falls into the category of films that men like to claim as feminist.
Tim Cogshell
Extraordinary... This is daring and stylish.
Rachel Syme
For my money, one of the best things you can do this season is to run to see the French director Coralie Fargeat's The Substance while it is still playing on the big screen.