Alpha (Ducournau)

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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

Four years after Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or with her jaw-dropping body horror car sex drama "Titane," the filmmaker is back on the Cannes Croisette with her "Alpha."

Ducournau's third feature which, like "Titane," will be distributed by Neon, centers on a titular teen whose life is upended after a mysterious decision. The film's official logline reads: "Alpha (Mélissa Boros) is a troubled 13 year old who lives with her single mom (Golshifteh Farahani). Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm." Tahar Rahim, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, and Louai El Amrousy star.

"Alpha" is premiering in competition at Cannes, with Ducournau being one of seven female directors with new films in the main competition. Kelly Reichardt will also launch "The Mastermind," while Mascha Schilinski has "Sound of Falling," Lynne Ramsay has "Die My Love," along with Hafsia Herzi's "La Petite Dernière," Chie Hayakawa's "Renoir," and Carla Simón's "Romeria."