Alpha at Cannes: Ducournau’s Misfire in Marble

We saw Alpha last night at Cannes — Julia Ducournau’s follow-up to Titane aims for haunting AIDS allegory but lands in muddled body horror. We break down the film’s heavy-handed metaphors, wasted performances, and why its surreal visuals can’t save its emotional incoherence.

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