Cannes, May 20 -- French director Julia Ducournau who stunned the world's biggest film festival in 2021 when her body horror masterpiece Titane won the Palme d'Or, returned with her latest project, 'Alpha'.

Ducourau walked the red carpet with her cast, including Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani and Emma Mackey, with Cannes jury president Juliette Binoche and actress Vicky Krieps also in attendance, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The audience at Cannes enthusiastically applauded Ducournau and her team, with several cheers for the AIDS-coded horror movie about a mystery sickness and the terror and social exclusion it instils. While Alpha was far less violent and provocative than her Palme d'Or winner Titane, it was still poignant, w...