Film • Aug 20, 2025
Alpha, 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.
Alpha
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- Status
- Released
- Release
- August 20, 2025 (3 months ago)
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rating
- Not Rated
- Themes
- French, Body Horror, Medical Drama, Psychological Drama
- Origin
- Belgium, France
- Companies
- BeTV, Frakas Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Kallouche Cinéma, Mandarin & Compagnie, Proximus, RTBF
Cast
Mélissa BorosAlpha
Golshifteh FarahaniMaman
Tahar RahimAmin
Emma MackeyInfirmière
Finnegan OldfieldProfesseur d'anglais
Louai El AmrousyAdrien
Jean-Charles Clichet
Christophe Perez
Ambrine Trigo OuakedAlpha (5 years old)
Marc RisoBenny
François RollinProviseur
Julien SpitériTatoueur
Ninon Le HenryFille Classe/Piscine
Zohra BenbetkaGrand-mère
Crew
Scores
- Average Score
- 63%
IMDb
- 61%
Letterboxd
- 65%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- Moderate
- Violence
- Moderate
- Profanity
- Moderate
- Algohol & Drugs
- Moderate
- Fright & Intensity
- High
Reviews
AV ClubJulia Ducournau drops the body horror and just tortures a metaphor in Alpha
bbc.comAlpha review: This outlandish horror about an Aids-like epidemic is a 'disorientating, maddening whirlwind'
EmpireAlpha review: Titane's Julia Ducournau returns with 'an impactful watch'
Jordan Mintzer‘Alpha’ Review: 2021 Palme d’Or Winner Julia Ducournau’s AIDS-Era Horror Parable Is Arrestingly Original and Numbingly Over-the-Top
David Ehrlich‘Alpha’ Review: ‘Titane’ Director Julia Ducournau Adopts a More Grounded Form of Body Horror for This Dour and Dismal AIDS Allegory
The Irish TimesAlpha review: Ignore the sniffy reception at Cannes. This is awesome
Little White LiesAlpha review – vibrates with life
Justin ChangAll the Films in Competition at Cannes 2025, Ranked from Best to Worst
Paste MagazineJulia Ducournau’s Alpha Interrogates What It Means to Care for Others
Roger EbertCannes 2025: It Was Just an Accident, Alpha
Screen‘Alpha’ review: Julia Ducournau's ‘Titane’ follow-up is set against a mysterious French plague
Kevin Maher, Chief Film Critic | Ed PottonCannes Film Festival 2025 reviews: our film critics’ verdict
Chase Hutchinson'Alpha' Review: Julia Ducournau’s Mournful Horror Drama Cuts Through Body and Soul
Peter Debruge‘Alpha’ Review: A Potentially Infected Tattoo Sparks a Tortured AIDS Allegory in Julia Ducournau’s Rotten Follow-up to ‘Titane’
Alison WillmoreAlpha Is a Striking Mess of a Movie
