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Alpha

  • 2025
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Mélissa Boros in Alpha (2025)
Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.
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Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.

  • Director
    • Julia Ducournau
  • Writer
    • Julia Ducournau
  • Stars
    • Tahar Rahim
    • Golshifteh Farahani
    • Mélissa Boros
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    594
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,921
    78
    • Director
      • Julia Ducournau
    • Writer
      • Julia Ducournau
    • Stars
      • Tahar Rahim
      • Golshifteh Farahani
      • Mélissa Boros
    • 3User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Tahar Rahim
    Tahar Rahim
    • Amin
    Golshifteh Farahani
    Golshifteh Farahani
    • Maman
    Mélissa Boros
    Mélissa Boros
    • Alpha
    Emma Mackey
    Emma Mackey
    • Infirmière
    Finnegan Oldfield
    Finnegan Oldfield
    • Professeur d'anglais
    Louai El Amrousy
    • Adrien
    Ambrine Trigo Ouaked
    • Alpha (5 ans)
    Zohra Benbetka
    • La grand-mère
    Fadila Belkebla
    Fadila Belkebla
    • Tante Alpha 1
    Sofia Naït
    • Tante Alpha 2
    Bahia Badji
    • Tante Alpha 3
    Marc Riso
    • Benny
    Jean-Charles Clichet
    Jean-Charles Clichet
    • Professeur de sport
    François Rollin
    • Principal du collège
    Driver
    Driver
    • Agent de sécurité
    Frédéric Bayer Azem
    • Compagnon prof d'anglais
    Ninon Le Henry
    • Fille classe…
    Elyna Motte
    Elyna Motte
    • Fille classe…
    • Director
      • Julia Ducournau
    • Writer
      • Julia Ducournau
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    2imhec

    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Null

    A movie not worth spending your money on it. Saw it at a movie festival , last movie aired on the last day of the Anonimul Festival. I gave it the benefit of the doubt until the very end and if I were to summarize it, I would say "hope dies last, but with this movie, it eventually dies". Nobody left the screening because otherwise you would have had a sleepless night trying to figure out what was the conclusion. After seeing this movie I needed an artistic cleansing, as in seeing any movie that restores my faith in cinematography. Go see again "Gandhi", "Black cat white cat" or anything else worth watching, this particular movie is a "flyover movie". Thank God it ended.
    8arsCynic

    Powerful

    Utterly remarkable acting which brought me to tears more than once. The powerful performances are to such great degree that it overshadow the story sometimes. However, Alpha is a film I do need to rewatch; Julia Ducournau is not required to tone down her imagination if the audience can't follow, just like the mathematical Julia set. Music lovers are equally in for a treat.

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    • Trivia
      Tahar Rahim says he lost 20 kg (44 pounds) for this film.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Radio Dolin: Best Movies of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival (2025)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 2025 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official site
      • Site officiel du film Alpha
    • Languages
      • French
      • Berber languages
    • Also known as
      • Альфа
    • Filming locations
      • Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
    • Production companies
      • Mandarin & Compagnie
      • Kallouche Cinéma
      • Frakas Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $625,102
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 8m(128 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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