The Substance (2024) // SJCPH

On her 50th birthday, Elisabeth Sparkle, a once-celebrated, now-faded Hollywood movie star, is unceremoniously dismissed from the long-running aerobics TV show she hosted, with producer Harvey citing her advanced age as the reason. While driving home, Elisabeth is distracted by a billboard featuring herself being taken down, resulting in a major accident. At a hospital check-up, a young male nurse slips her a flash drive advertising The Substance, a serum that generates a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of one's self. After some deliberation, Elisabeth orders The Substance and injects the single-use activator serum, resulting in a much younger version of herself to emerge from a slit in her back. Open to all Students and Staff at University of Cambridge Tickets are £5! (including booking fee) Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John's College, Cambridge We show our films using a cinema grade DCP projector and our events are open to all staff and students at Cambridge at ARU. The venue is wheelchair accessible with space for up to 10 wheelchair users. Seating is padded. If there are any other access accommodations we can make contact us at: [email protected] If you are unable to make it and would like a refund, please contact us and we will process a refund for you. Please note that the refund excludes booking fee.