Alpha

Julia Ducournau follows her award-winning Titane with this genre-bending family drama. Young Alpha returns home with a freshly branded tattoo made with a dirty needle, much to her mother’s panic. At the same time, her mysterious uncle returns and a virus spreads through the population, turning people into stone before crumbling to dust. A coming-of-age story cleverly blended with genre elements, Alpha is a more tender film from Ducournau, but one that’s as provocative as you’d expect. Contains flashing lights and imagery. 

Contains scenes of drug use, graphic violence or injury, and homophobic attitudes and language.