The 1980s, a fictional city. Alpha, 13, lives with her mother. The day she comes home with a tattoo on her arm, a deep rift forms between them. Their world is shattered and the girl undergoes a physical and psychological transformation that leads her to confront herself and her mother. After winning the Palme d'Or with Titane, Julia Ducournau returns with her most personal work: a disturbing journey through growth, desire, and metamorphosis, where identity is written on the skin and the bond between mother and daughter is tested to the extreme.