Julia Ducournau won the Palme d’Or for Titane, her masterpiece about found family and car-fucking. Her followup, Alpha, ...

The Palme d'Or-winning director returns to Cannes competition with a muddled meditation on an earlier pandemic, squandering the talents of lead actors Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim.

Julia Ducournau, who won the Palme d’Or for “Titane,” returns with the body-horror tale “Alpha.” The critical reception has ...