2025 | France, Belgium | Fiction

Alpha (2025)

  • French - 122 mins
  • Director | Julia Ducournau
  • Writer | Julia Ducournau
  • Producer | Jean des Forêts, Amelie Jacqu, Éric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer

STATUS: Production

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Set in the 1980s, Alpha follows a 13-year-old girl named Alpha who lives with her single mother in a fictional city inspired by New York. Her life takes a turn when she returns home from school with a tattoo on her arm, leading to social ostracization fueled by rumors of her being infected with a new disease. As the AIDS epidemic unfolds globally, one of her parents falls ill, compelling Alpha to confront themes of loss and mortality.

AIDS epidemic adolescence social ostracization 1980s setting family dynamics coming-of-age disease stigma mortality
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