Alpha director rejects AIDS allegory: ‘I would have done a completely different film’

Julia Ducournau is returning to cinemas with her newest film, Alpha (Picture: Getty)Alpha marks the highly anticipated return of award-winning French filmmaker Julia Ducournau, who has made waves with her past movies Raw and Titane and earned herself a reputation as an exciting voice in the body horror genre.But Alpha marks something of a departure for the 41-year-old writer-director into broader and more painful territory.Set in an alternate 1980s/90s timeline, the movie begins as rebellious 1