# The Substance (2024)

**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

**Duration:** 140 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [7.2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.7](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-substance/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 89%, Popcornmeter: 76%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_substance)

## Description

A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that creates a younger, better version of herself.

## Details

**Premiere:** 19 Sep 2024

**Director:** Coralie Fargeat

**Cast:** Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton-Clark, Gore Abrams, Oscar Lesage, Christian Erickson, Robin Greer, Tom Morton, Hugo Diego Garcia, Daniel Knight, Jonathon Carley

**Countries:** France, United Kingdom

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** Yes

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5nlovVgvQ)

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-07-15 (Wednesday)

- **[Open Air Kino Mitte](/cinemas/2-open-air-kino-mitte.md) (Mitte, Open-Air):** [2026-07-15 21:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/central-kino-open-air/vorstellung/3518521549)  (OmU)