Alpha(2026)

Name: Alpha
Director: Julia Ducournau
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: March 27, 2026
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélissa Boros, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield

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R
Rated R for drug content, sexual material, language and some underage drinking
2h 8m
- Drama
- Horror

Release Date: March 27, 2026 | Limited

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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Director & Top Cast

Julia Ducournau
Director

Tahar Rahim
Actor

Golshifteh Farahani
Actor

Mélissa Boros
Actor

Emma Mackey
Actor

Finnegan Oldfield
Actor

Louai El Amrousy

Actor

Ambrine Trigo Ouaked

Actor

Zohra Benbetka

Actor

Fadila Belkebla

Actor

Sofia Naït

Actor

Bahia Badji

Actor

Marc Riso

Actor

Jean-Charles Clichet

Actor

François Rollin

Actor

Driver

Actor

Frédéric Bayer Azem

Actor

Ninon Le Henry

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France, Belgium

Language: French,English,Berber languages

Summaries

Storyline

In the 1980s, in the port city of Le Havre, Alpha is the only child of a young doctor working in a sealed hospital ward with patients infected by a virus. Thirteen years old, she is shunned by her classmates amid rumors that she carries a new disease. When she comes home from school with a tattoo of the letter "A" on her arm, her mother is devastated, fearing what illness her daughter may have caught from the tattoo needle. Her brother Amin, HIV-positive, is a hopeless drug addict with arms covered in needle marks. Alpha's tattoo begins to bleed more and more frequently, and the attacks against her at school intensify. In the school swimming pool, she nearly drowns after being assaulted by a classmate. Alpha barely knows her uncle, and when Amin comes to live with them, ravaged by illness and close to death, she truly meets him for the first time. In a French city grappling with an unnamed viral epidemic, 13-year-old Alpha, the daughter of an immigrant doctor, confronts a challenging coming-of-age journey. Her mother, a frontline healthcare worker, is horrified when Alpha allows her classmate and love interest, Adrien, to tattoo her with a shared needle at a party. The resulting bleeding turns Alpha into a social pariah at school, igniting heightened fears of blood contamination among her peers. However, things take a dark turn when Uncle Amin, a person with a chronic substance use disorder, moves back into the family home. This unexpected reunion forces Alpha to share a room with him, further complicating her already strained life. — Nick Riganas

Alpha(2026)

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Director & Top Cast

Julia Ducournau

Tahar Rahim

Golshifteh Farahani

Mélissa Boros

Emma Mackey

Finnegan Oldfield

Louai El Amrousy

Ambrine Trigo Ouaked

Zohra Benbetka

Fadila Belkebla

Sofia Naït

Bahia Badji

Marc Riso

Jean-Charles Clichet

François Rollin

Driver

Frédéric Bayer Azem

Ninon Le Henry

Technical Specifications

Other Details

Summaries

Storyline

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