French writer and director Julia Ducournau had back to back hits with her first two feature films: Raw (2016) and Titane (2021). Raw is a coming of age horror movie about a vegetarian student who develops a craving for human meat. Titane is a bizarre body horror about a serial killer with mechanophilia who pretends to be a firefighter’s missing son. Titane won the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
Now, Ducournau’s next film, Alpha, is set to hit theaters this fall. Alpha has been described as “genre-defying”, it is currently listed as a drama on IMDB. The plot synopsis reads: “Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.”
Alpha will be distributed by Neon in the US and released in fall 2025, with no specific release date set yet.
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