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category:
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date: '2024-02-07'
description: aging actress injecting herself to birth younger doppelganger—fargeat filming demi moore's body horror nightmare, society's beauty standards literalized into grotesque splitting, feminist rage expressed through gore proving you can't escape yourself no matter how perfect the replacement.
director: Coralie Fargeat
id: the-substance
modified: 2026-06-05 15:08:12 GMT-04:00
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rating: 7.8
status: finished
studio: mubi
tags:
  - thriller
  - r/psychology
  - r/politics
title: The Substance
watched: '2024-10-15'
year: 2024
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
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