"Love leaves a mark."

2025

2h 8m

6.2(142 votes)

Horror

Drama

Science Fiction

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

Mélissa Boros

Alpha

Tahar Rahim

Amin

Golshifteh Farahani

Mother

Emma Mackey

Nurse

Finnegan Oldfield

English Teacher

Louai El Amrousy

Adrien

Ambrine Trigo Ouaked

Young Alpha

Zohra Benbetka

Grandmother

Fadila Belkebla

Alpha's Aunt 1

Sofia Nait

Alpha's Aunt 2

Creative team

Directed by: Julia Ducournau
Written by: Julia Ducournau
Produced by: Eric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer

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