"The Substance": The film that shocked this year's Cannes comes to the 30th Athens International Film Festival

There is only one... substance! And it can be found at the Athens International Film Festival.

In the most outrageously daring performance of her career, Demi Moore plays a fallen star, whose once-brilliant, Oscar-winning career has been reduced to a fitness TV show. When the network replaces her with a younger host, she resorts to a mysterious substance that promises to bring out – literally – the best, youngest, and most beautiful version of herself. But not without a price.

Nothing can prepare you for the film that had the Cannes Festival echoing with screams of both repulsion and excitement, as Coralie Fargeat blends the boldest doses of body horror from the last decade into a feminist satire, delivering a biting critique of how the entertainment industry treats women.

Unapologetically campy and indescribably bloody, her audacious creation won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes, giving new meaning to the term midnight movie.

It’s worth noting that alongside Demi Moore, the film also stars Margaret Qualley, who has been quietly building an impressive resume, and Dennis Quaid.

The full program of the 30th Athens International Film Festival will be announced during the Press Conference on Wednesday, September 25th 2024, at 18:30, at the "Auditorium Theo Angelopoulos" of the French Institute of Greece in Athens.