In the 1980s, Alpha, a thirteen-years-old of Berber origin raised by her mother, returns home one day with the letter "A" carved on her arm as a prank: her mother begins to fear that she has contracted a blood-borne disease that literally petrifies people, turning them into marble statues, as happened to her brother Amin years before.
Cast
Mélissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim
Screenings
- September 18, 9:15 PM (ITA sub.)
- September 19, 9:20 PM (ITA sub.)
- September 20, 6:30 PM (Dub. ITA)
- September 20, 9:15 PM (ITA sub.)
- September 21, 4:00 PM(Dub. ITA)
- September 21, 6:30 PM(Dub. ITA)
After Raw and the Palme d'Or she won in 2021 for Titane, with ALPHA Julia Ducournau continues her exploration of the body, filmed as a concrete and carnal subject, and of blood, here the vehicle that transmits the deadly epidemic, which translates into an unforgettable image what the world knew in the 1980s: the spread of AIDS and its social consequences, with the fear of blood, needles, and diversity. Thus, the collective trauma becomes that of a family and a woman, mother and sister, who must reckon with the past and hope for the possibility of a different future.
