french film—maker coralie fargeat has made one there's been a slight misuse of the substance.y tale, the substance is a grisly, that'll create a younger self. becomes more dominant, elisabeth becomes fargeat is nominated for both best director she says she made the film to reflect her own turmoil older and, as a woman, more invisible. and i really had started to have those crazy my life is done." and ifelt like if i didn't do something about that, those thoughts could really destroy me. absolutely. and, yeah, that was my — you know, my way of saying it. with those issues. the substance, which has minimal dialogue and is mainly at the cannes film festival. thank you. fargeat�*s the only woman nominated for best director i was hugely happy, but i was also hugely kind of only nine women directors in the whole oscar history and i think it's exactly an example that shows, you know, the system that is unbalanced. do you worry that we've lost momentum — there is less it's — you know, there seems to be that atmosphere right now. i mean, there is obviously a huge backlash since the met