The Substance

2024 / 140' / France, UK, US / In English with Chinese subtitles / Color

💉 2024 Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay Award, contender for the Palme d'Or Award

💉 Hollywood's superstar Demi Moore

💉 The charming, bewitching, subversive Margaret Qualley

💉 An instant body-horror classic by Coralie Fargeat


Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?

You. Only better in every way.

Seriously.

You've got to try this new product. It's called The Substance.

IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

It generates another you.

A new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect, you.

And there’s only one rule: You share time.

One week for you. One week for the new you.

Seven days each. A perfect balance.

Easy. Right?

If you respect the balance... What could possibly go wrong?

Director: Coralie Fargeat

Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley



About the Director

Born and raised in Paris, Coralie Fargeat is a French filmmaker best known for her 2017 debut REVENGE, which she wrote and directed. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and was subsequently released by Neon in spring 2018.

About us

The Cinematheque・Passion is located at Travessa da Paixão which is a narrow and romantic bystreet branching off the famous World Heritage Site "Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral" (the "St. Paul's Cathedral Site") in the Historic Centre of Macau. A three-storey building equipped with ticket office, screening room, control room, film information room and exhibition space.
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Opening Hours

Ticket Office Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 11:30 pm
Film Information Room Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Exhibition Space Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
(Closes on Mondays, opens during public holidays.)

Contact us

Phone (+853) 2852 2585
Email cinematheque.passion@gmail.com
Address No. 9-13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau