{"id":41879,"date":"2026-04-15T08:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41879"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:20:53","slug":"neon-sets-home-entertainment-launch-for-julia-ducournaus-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/neon-sets-home-entertainment-launch-for-julia-ducournaus-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"NEON Sets Home Entertainment Launch for Julia Ducournau\u2019s ALPHA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEON has announced the home\u2011entertainment rollout for ALPHA<\/strong>, the breathtaking new family drama from Palme d\u2019Or\u2013winning filmmaker Julia Ducournau<\/strong>. The film is available today on all digital platforms<\/strong> to own or rent, with a Blu\u2011ray release beginning June 23<\/strong>, featuring exclusive interview content<\/strong> with Ducournau.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A deeply emotional tour de force, ALPHA<\/strong> explores the impact of illness on a young girl\u2019s family and the memories, trauma, and fears that echo across generations. While the film shares thematic threads with Ducournau\u2019s acclaimed works RAW<\/em> and TITANE<\/em>, it stands as a singular, intimate journey that critics are calling \u201cDucournau\u2019s most exciting, emotional, and eviscerating work.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring a standout, heart\u2011rending performance from Golshifteh Farahani<\/strong>, a transformative turn from Tahar Rahim<\/strong>, and a breakout role for M\u00e9lissa Boros<\/strong>, the film showcases a cast delivering unforgettable, deeply human performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the center is Alpha<\/strong>, a troubled 13\u2011year\u2011old living with her single mother. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a mysterious tattoo on her arm \u2014 a moment that unravels long\u2011buried truths and reshapes their lives forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written & Directed by:<\/strong> Julia Ducournau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starring:<\/strong> Tahar Rahim Golshifteh Farahani M\u00e9lissa Boros Emma Mackey Finnegan Oldfield Louai El Amrousy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEON has announced the home\u2011entertainment rollout for ALPHA, the breathtaking new family drama from Palme d\u2019Or\u2013winning filmmaker Julia Ducournau. The film is available today on all digital platforms to own or rent, with a Blu\u2011ray release beginning June 23, featuring exclusive interview content with Ducournau. A deeply emotional tour de force, ALPHA explores the impact\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,8995,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blu-ray-news","category-digital-copy","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41881,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41879\/revisions\/41881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}