In the 1980s, 13-year-old Alpha's life is transformed when a self-carved tattoo on her arm raises questions and threatening rumors of a mysterious illness circulate. While her mother is a doctor fighting a mysterious epidemic that is slowly turning people into marble statues, Uncle Amin suddenly appears - who doesn't seem to be afraid of death. In this feverish time between childhood and adulthood, a story about family, transformation and the painful beauty of letting go unfolds. With ALPHA, Palme d'Or winner Julia Ducournau creates visionary body cinema between tenderness and feverish intensity. Tahar Rahim and Golshifteh Farahani shine in this radical work about transformation and family, which caused a sensation in the Cannes competition.