The Substance at Victoria Theatre & Cinema Devonport
The Substance
Elisabeth (Demi Moore) is an actress coasting on the fame of her youth as the host of 80s-style aerobic exercise programme. When she’s fired for being too old, she finds an underground procedure known as the Substance, which promises “a better version of yourself.” She injects herself with a mysterious liquid, causing her spine to split open and a younger woman, Sue, (Margaret Qualley) to slip out. While Elisabeth is unconscious and Sue takes over, there are rules they have to follow: they must keep each other fed, extract spinal fluid every day from the dormant self to “stabilise” themselves, and switch places every seven days “without exception.”
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Elisabeth (Demi Moore) is an actress coasting on the fame of her youth as the host of 80s-style aerobic exercise programme. When she’s fired for being too old, she finds an underground procedure known as the Substance, which promises “a better version of yourself.” She injects herself with a mysterious liquid, causing her spine to split open and a younger woman, Sue, (Margaret Qualley) to slip out. While Elisabeth is unconscious and Sue takes over, there are rules they have to follow: they must keep each other fed, extract spinal fluid every day from the dormant self to “stabilise” themselves, and switch places every seven days “without exception.”
The Substance
Elisabeth (Demi Moore) is an actress coasting on the fame of her youth as the host of 80s-style aerobic exercise programme. When she’s fired for being too old, she finds an underground procedure known as the Substance, which promises “a better version of yourself.” She injects herself with a mysterious liquid, causing her spine to split open and a younger woman, Sue, (Margaret Qualley) to slip out. While Elisabeth is unconscious and Sue takes over, there are rules they have to follow: they must keep each other fed, extract spinal fluid every day from the dormant self to “stabilise” themselves, and switch places every seven days “without exception.”