A young woman with long, curly, brunette hair stands in front of a housing tenement, surrounded by brown dust. Her face and body is caked in dust, including her white blouse, and there are sreaks of dirt on her left arm..

Alpha

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About Alpha

Julia Ducournau follows her Palme d’Or-winning Titane with this powerful family drama starring Tahar Rahim and Golshifteh Farahani.

Thirteen-year-old Alpha (an impressive Mélissa Boros) finds life with her mother turned upside down at the same time that a mysterious virus is plaguing society. Ducournau’s genre-bending film inventively blends body horror with a coming-of-age tale - and once again the filmmaker boldly and viscerally explores the intense love and complexity of familial bonds.

Booking info

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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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