The 78th Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 13 to 24. While waiting for the start of the festivities, Paris Match presents all the films in competition for the Palme d’Or. This Wednesday, April 30, “Alpha” by Julia Ducournau.
After the shock and the palm of gold for “titanium”, Julia Ducournau returns to the Croisette. It will take her notch to face the pack of criticism who sometimes love to burn those they loved. But the Parisian cinema is so radical and sharp that it will always divide – for better and for worse. Announced as his most personal film, “Alpha” is one of the most intriguing candidates in the selection.
Julia Ducournau’s past in Cannes
Former de la Femis, the famous Paris film school, Julia Ducournau presented all her films on La Croisette, already her short, “junior” who obtained the little gold rail of the criticism week in 2011. In 2016, “serious” on a young cannibal girl, shocked criticism, before obtaining the Grand Prix of the Gérardmer Festival. In 2021, it was the consecration with the palm of gold from the hands of Spike Lee for “titanium” which electrifies the Croisette. Two years later, she was part of the jury for the official selection competition chaired by Ruben Östlund and which rewards “anatomy of a fall” by Justine Triet.
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-The synopsis
Alpha, 13, is an agitated teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world collapses when, one day, she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
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Le casting
In the title role, the young Mélissa Boros could well be the great revelation of this 78th Cannes Film Festival. She gave the reply to two more experienced players, the excellent Tahar Rahim and Golshifteh Farahani.
