The Substance, a ugly body-horror flick, had its world premiere on Sunday night time in competitors on the Cannes Movie Competition and was greeted with a nine-minute standing ovation from the group on the Grand Lumiere Theatre.
The sophomore directorial effort and English-language debut of the French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat — she additionally wrote, produced and edited the movie — stars Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid and Margaret Qualley (Qualley additionally seems in one other competitors title at this yr’s fest, Sorts of Kindness), all of whom have been readily available for the screening.
A gory fantasia that may be a twisted cross between the traditional movies Sundown Blvd. and Freaks, it is likely one of the most out-there Cannes competitors movies since Titane — and, with the right combination of jurors, might observe that movie to a serious competition award, if not for the movie then maybe for Moore.
Produced by Working Title’s artwork home experts Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the movie was initially set to be distributed by Common, however will now obtain a U.S. launch through MUBI. Different territories have bought to different distributors throughout the fest.
Along with solid, the viewers included Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abel Ferrara and Carla Bruni.