Alpha

Synopsis

Remember Titane (2021), the wild ride that took everyone by surprise when it won the Palme d’Or in 2021? The queen of French body horror, Julia Ducournau, is back with Alpha (2025)—a more melancholic but equally provocative film. Alpha (2025) follows a 13-year-old girl who one day returns home with a freshly branded tattoo on her arm, much to her mother’s dismay. But beyond parental worries lies a deeper threat: an unknown virus spreading through the population, transforming people’s bodies into marble in a striking and unsettling way.