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★★★★
“Bold, brave, uncompromising – Ducournau is a one-off”
– Hannah Strong / Litlle White Lies
“An impactful watch”
– Sophie Butcher / Empire Magazine
“Ducournau is definitely talented when it comes to craft and execution, jarring us with hyper-realistic horror that’s equal parts Cronenberg, Carpenter and Gaspar Noé.
– Jordan Mintzer / The Hollywood Reporter
“A mature work of aching vulnerability”
– Elena Lazic / The Playlist
“Ducornau [is] targeting an emotional heart beneath a veneer of horror-tinged genre elements”
– Lee Marshall / Screen International
“Once again, French director Julia Ducournau takes us into the lower depths.”
– Stephanie Bunbury / Deadline
“Describing Alpha is a slippery task – attending to the storylines is less important than surrendering to its mysterious rhythms and primal emotions. Set across two timelines within the bosom of a French-Berber family, it depicts the rupturing relationship between a mother (Golshifteh Farahani) and her adolescent daughter Alpha (Mélissa Boros) amid the reappearance of Uncle Amin (Tanar Rahim), an addict with a virus that is killing him. —
I felt this film in my bones on my first viewing. On my second viewing, even more so.”
– Sophie Monks Kaufman / The Independent