Julia Ducournau returned to Cannes with Alpha, earning a powerful 11.5-minute standing ovation. The mother-daughter thriller, starring Golshifteh Farahani and Emma Mackey, mixes surreal drama with body horror in a story about a mysterious infection. A real-life medical emergency briefly disrupted the screening, but the film continued. Ducournau, still celebrated for her Palme d’Or-winning Titane, was visibly emotional during the premiere, thanking the crowd with tears and a h