Fargeat's new film, The Substance, takes a bold look at female self-hatred through voyeuristic body horror, pushing boundaries while exploring ageism in the industry.
'The Substance is the type of film that you watch, mouth agape, while marvelling at how it ever got made in the first place. It's proper sicko cinema; a nasty, jaw-dropping freakshow of a film.'
'I really wrote what I was feeling about those dynamics, about how you can be seen [as a woman], about what people can project on to you, about the way you look,' Fargeat recalls, reflecting on the feminist themes present in her work.
The film serves as an audacious commentary on the pressures of societal beauty standards and the extremes one might go to reclaim youth and self.
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