Actress Demi Moore won the best actress award on Sunday January 5 for her performance in the French film “The Substance” by Coralie Fargeat.
Demi Moore’s Golden Globe for her very committed performance in the French film The Substance suddenly propelled the mega star of the years 1990, never rewarded until then, favorite for the Oscars.
But for director Coralie Fargeat, it is far from being a surprise. “It was so moving to see Demi on that stage,” confides the filmmaker in an interview with AFP on Monday 7 January. Awarded for her interpretation of a former Hollywood glory, addicted to a youth serum, Demi Moore delivered a moving speech on Sunday while receiving the award for best actress in a comedy.
With her love life constantly spied on or even a photo of her naked and pregnant on the front page of Vanity Fairshe had been described as« actrice pop-corn », revealed the star of 62 years, adding that she had suffered the passage of years with apprehension. She thanked Coralie Fargeat for “this magical, daring, courageous, off the beaten track, completely crazy script”.
The Sustance allowed the public “to see who she is as an actress, and to no longer project the stereotype that if you’re beautiful, you can’t be a good actress,” believes the director. “It’s labeled as a comeback. But she was always there, she insists.
In this horrific and gory fable, Demi Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, a former movie star turned fitness show presenter. On his 50th day years old, she was tactlessly sacked by her producer, the archetype of the cads in charge of Hollywood.
Desperate, she injects herself with a mysterious serum that allows her insides to generate a dream creature named Sue, played by Margaret Qualley. To avoid disastrous side effects, she must alternate each week between this juvenile alter ego and a return to her real body.
An inexorable descent into hell follows, as the attraction of eternal youth proves irresistible. Catapulted to success, Sue stays awake longer and longer, with terrifying consequences for Elisabeth’s body.
After this victory at the Golden Globes, The Substancedistributed worldwide by the streaming platform MUBI, has a good chance of being nominated for the Oscars, in the categories of best direction, best screenplay and even best film.
Its star is now a favorite for the best actress prize. “From the beginning, I believed it could happen,” smiles Coralie Fargeat. “Cinema is a way to create things that people don’t expect,” she concludes. “ I am immensely proud to have conceived this role. »
