Alpha(2026)

R
Rated R for drug content, sexual material, language and some underage drinking
2h 8m
- Drama
- Horror

Release Date: Mar 27, 2026 | Limited

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.

Releases

Original Release | Mar 13, 2026

Original Release | Mar 27, 2026

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Updated as of Apr 11, 2026 11:19 AM ET

All Releases (2)
Total US & Canada:
$205,482
Total International
$870,311
Total Worldwide:
$1,075,793

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Director & Top Cast

Julia Ducournau
Director

Tahar Rahim
Amin

Golshifteh Farahani
Maman

Mélissa Boros
Alpha

Emma Mackey
Infirmière

Finnegan Oldfield
Professeur d'anglais

Louai El Amrousy

Adrien

Ambrine Trigo Ouaked

Alpha (5 ans)

Zohra Benbetka

La grand-mère

Fadila Belkebla

Tante Alpha 1

Sofia Naït

Tante Alpha 2

Bahia Badji

Tante Alpha 3

Marc Riso

Benny

Jean-Charles Clichet

Professeur d'EPS

François Rollin

Principal du collège

Driver

Agent de sécurité

Frédéric Bayer Azem

Compagnon professeur d'anglais

Ninon Le Henry

Fille classe, piscine

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France,Belgium

Language: French,English,Berber languages

Summaries

Storyline

In the 1980s, in the port city of Le Havre, Alpha is the only child of a young doctor working in a sealed hospital ward with patients infected by a virus. Thirteen years old, she is shunned by her classmates amid rumors that she carries a new disease. When she comes home from school with a tattoo of the letter "A" on her arm, her mother is devastated, fearing what illness her daughter may have caught from the tattoo needle. Her brother Amin, HIV-positive, is a hopeless drug addict with arms covered in needle marks. Alpha's tattoo begins to bleed more and more frequently, and the attacks against her at school intensify. In the school swimming pool, she nearly drowns after being assaulted by a classmate. Alpha barely knows her uncle, and when Amin comes to live with them, ravaged by illness and close to death, she truly meets him for the first time. In a French city grappling with an unnamed viral epidemic, 13-year-old Alpha, the daughter of an immigrant doctor, confronts a challenging coming-of-age journey. Her mother, a frontline healthcare worker, is horrified when Alpha allows her classmate and love interest, Adrien, to tattoo her with a shared needle at a party. The resulting bleeding turns Alpha into a social pariah at school, igniting heightened fears of blood contamination among her peers. However, things take a dark turn when Uncle Amin, a person with a chronic substance use disorder, moves back into the family home. This unexpected reunion forces Alpha to share a room with him, further complicating her already strained life. — Nick Riganas

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Alpha (2025) is a coming-of-age drama set in the 1980s, centering on troubled 13-year-old Alpha living with her single mother whose world unravels when Alpha returns from school with a tattoo on her arm, sparking fears of HIV/AIDS amid the era's stigma and panic.