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Director:
Greg Morgan
Writers:
Duke Addleman (co-writer)
Greg Morgan (co-writer)
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Genre:
Drama
Tagline:
You've Had That Moment.
Plot:
After the death of her closest two friends, young Daphne Lessing suffers a loss of faith, then a lapse in memory... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Daphne is a woman of "Substance." more (2 total)

Cast

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Shannon Cochran ... Dr. Drury
Arlen Escarpeta ... Patrolman Powers

Casey Kramer ... Dean

Vanessa Lengies ... Daphne

Giovanni Lopes ... Micheal

Shy Pilgreen ... Nurse McCabe

Stephen Snedden ... Carl
Kristi Somers ... Rachel

Richard Tanner ... Yarmo
Fanny Veliz ... Nurse
Ray Wise ... Dr. Lessing

Lorena York ... Kate
Del Zamora ... Dr, Amato
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Runtime:
USA:105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Film Punk Films more

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Quotes:
Micheal: I say this to you because you're a rational person... you believe that everything can be explained...
Micheal: But, Daphne, you have to consider that in this infinite universe there are some things that cannot be explained... not in your lifetime... not in a thousand lifetimes.
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Daphne is a woman of "Substance.", 2 June 2006
10/10
Author: dooqofurl from United States

"Substance" is the real thing: A haunting treatise on faith, science, fate, and free will. It's a film I will gladly watch again. Though I saw this film in rough cut, I'm still geeked about it. It just snuck up on me...I mean, it's everything an independent film should be: brave, thought provoking, well-performed, thumb-your-nose-at-Hollywood cinema...artful in both thought and word. "Substance" is a film you take to dinner after the show: one you want to share with others. Take a friend to it, and afterwards you will converse in the truest sense. Ray (Dr. Lessing) and Vanessa (Daphne) simply explode off the screen, and the newcomer, Lorena York (Kate), is electric. And I might as well say it now: This script will win scads of awards.

I'm giving it a "10" because even though the sound wasn't perfect, the film did everything a film should. Make no mistake..."Substance" is an important work of art, one I will most certainly make part of my collection (when it becomes available).

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