Sebastian Stan (Captain America) and Adam Pearson (Under the Skin) both star as an aspiring actor living with neurofibromatosis who undergoes a radical medical procedure to transform his appearance.
—IndieWire
“Fargeat works with the flair of a grindhouse Kubrick”
—Variety
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Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid star in this wicked, glossy work of “gonzo body horror” (Rolling Stone), winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes, from French auteur Caralie Fargeat (Revenge). When aerobics star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is fired on her 50th birthday because of her age, she decides to try a mysterious experimental laboratory substance that promises to deliver a younger, more beautiful version of herself. But what begins as a dream-come-true quickly turns into a nightmare of vanity-gone-wrong in this sickly skewering of capitalism and the unworkable beauty standards it breeds.
—IndieWire
“Fargeat works with the flair of a grindhouse Kubrick”
—Variety
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