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Alpha

FRANCE · 2026

Alpha

Julia Ducournau

mother-daughter relationships adolescent rebellion parental anxiety identity and self-expression family conflict

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Synopsis

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.

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