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SummaryAlpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
Directed By:Julia Ducournau
Written By:Julia Ducournau
Alpha
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56
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5.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
56
48% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
36% Mixed
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16% Negative
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4 Reviews
May 20, 2025
100
Through its complex structure, formed of different timelines and split realities, uncanny dreams and blurred memories, “Alpha” viscerally teases out the binds of love and trauma.
Nov 13, 2025
80
Mind you, everyone here is suffering. That overbearing mass of existential angst almost certainly contributes to the many negative responses, but few will endure its attack without admitting they’ve sat through something out of the ordinary.
May 19, 2025
80
As Alpha’s family becomes increasingly isolated, the film’s ambition widens. Though the rhythms of this can take some getting used to, the resulting emotional payoff is more than worth your patience.
Nov 13, 2025
60
It doesn’t hit the heights of Raw and Titane, but strong performances and the moving familial drama mean Julia Ducournau’s third feature is still an impactful watch.
May 19, 2025
50
It can impress with its utter originality and technical know-how, but there’s so much going on for so long that many viewers will be exhausted by the midway point, if not earlier.
May 19, 2025
40
It’s painful to watch such talents pour so much into roles that are fairly common, if not clichéd by American indie standards.
May 19, 2025
20
The madly, bafflingly overwrought and humourless storytelling can’t overcome the fact that everything here is frankly unpersuasive and tedious. Every line, every scene, has the emoting dial turned up to 11 and yet feels redundant.
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Mar 30, 2026
6
Ducournau’s “Raw” & “Titane” were a kick, a thrill, and created the kind of movie buzz that lasts for days and made you want to tell everyone about them. Her 3rd film is a funeral dirge as it toggles between drab social realist melodrama & dreamtime surrealism. It’s super grim. Glad I was able to see it in a cinema (I was the only customer), it’s a singular feature, but I couldn’t recommend it to anyone. (UPDATE: the film unlocked some vivid, troubling dreams, which hasn’t happened in a very long time, so there’s that.).
Apr 2, 2026
4
I understand the AIDS metaphor, but the movie seemed all over the place everywhere else. This is best shown in the ending because there is so much thrown at you and you're left thinking, "wtf?'.
Production Company:
- Mandarin & Compagnie
- Kallouche Cinéma
- Frakas Productions
- France 3 Cinéma
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
- Proximus
- BE TV
- Canal+
- Ciné+OCS
- France Télévisions
- Cofinova 22
- Indéfilms 14
- Cofimage 36
- Région Normandie
- Normandie Images
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
- Shelter Prod
- Taxshelter. be
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
Release Date:Mar 27, 2026
Duration:2 h 8 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Love Leaves a Mark
Awards
VHS Awards
• 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Biografilm Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
