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‘Alpha’ Review: Squalor And Sublime Performances Dominate Julia Ducournau’s Follow-Up To Palme d’Or Winner ‘Titane’ – Cannes Film Festival
Julia Ducournau takes us into the lower depths with her new movie Alpha, four years after winning the Cannes Palme d’Or with Titane.
A heroin addict writhes in agonies of withdrawal; a tattoo keeps gushing blood; most significantly, a virus is circulating that gradually turns people into brittle statues, the parts that have become ceramic crumbling into shards while bodily fluids seep out of the cracks that still hold. Ducournau is at her uncompromising best when dealing with the bullies, fears and betrayals of her friends; a scene in which a classmate tries to drown her in the school pool, shot largely at water level, is a tour de force. Title: Alpha Festival: Cannes (Competition) Distributor: Neon Director-screenwriter: Julia Ducournau Cast: Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélissa Boros, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Louai El Amrousy Running time: 2 hr 8 mins
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