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"textContent": "“To me it’s not really a shift,” French writer-director Julia Ducournau tells filmmaker Robert Eggers on the topic of Alpha, her third feature. “Though I completely understand why it might feel like one.” Indeed, fans of Ducournau’s previous films—her collegiate cannibal breakout Raw (2016) and Palme d’Or-winning body horror Titane (2021)—will undeniably view Alpha as a major departure. Though physical transformation is still integral to the narrative, Ducournau describes her most recent film as “a very grounded family drama.” Family is a major fascination for the filmmaker—from inheriting a taste for human flesh to birthing a man-machine hybrid—but never has […]\n\nSource",
"title": "“Absolutely Not a Genre Film”: Julia Ducournau in Conversation with Robert Eggers on Alpha"
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