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* SceneryPorn: And how! The cinematography features gorgeous shots of the unspoiled landscape, the night sky filled with stars, and the Northern lights.
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* IChooseToStay: Implied on Alpha's part. Keda gives Alpha multiple chances to return to the pack - one of which works for a brief period of time - but ultimately, Alpha always returns to Keda, giving up a mate and family in the process.
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* HeadbuttOfLove: Keda and his father share one, as do others before leaving on the grat hunt.
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* HeadbuttOfLove: Keda and his father share one, as do others before leaving on the grat hunt. great hunt.
* MadeOfIron: Downplayed. Keda survives a lot of things that would kill people (falling several hundred feet and getting concussed to the point of days-long unconsciousness, falling into a flash flood, nearly drowning in icy water, etc.) but he doesn't get out entirely unscathed and is shown to be moving slower and with more difficulty because of his injuries and illness.
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* YourTomcatIsPregnant: [[spoiler:At the end it's revealed that Alpha is a female, and gives birth to a litter of pups]].
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* YankTheDogsChain: In the middle of a snowstorm, Keda sees a tent with a warrior outside it to give him shelter. [[spoiler: The warrior froze to death outside and there is no food inside the tent that Keda could take.]]
* YourTomcatIsPregnant: [[spoiler:At theend end, it's revealed that Alpha is a female, and she gives birth to a litter of pups]].
* YourTomcatIsPregnant: [[spoiler:At the
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*SeldomSeenSpecies: The film features cave hyenas, which are rarely seen in media and documentaries.
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* HeadbuttOfLove: Keda and his father share one.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Keda is a long way from home, assuming he ever finds his way back, and there are no other humans around. It's little wonder that, in a world before domesticated animals of any kind, he grows desperate enough to befriend the a wolf.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Keda and his father shareone.one, as do others before leaving on the grat hunt.
*InterspeciesAdoption: [[spoiler: The shaman/wise woman/etc. delivers Alpha's pups, lifts them up and says, "We welcome you to our tribe.]]
* HeadbuttOfLove: Keda and his father share
*InterspeciesAdoption: [[spoiler: The shaman/wise woman/etc. delivers Alpha's pups, lifts them up and says, "We welcome you to our tribe.]]
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* MisplacedWildlife: The saber-toothed cat featured in the trailer appears to be either a ([[ArtisticLicensePaleontology long-tailed]]) ''Smilodon'', which were only found in North and South America, or the [[SeldomSeenSpecies more obscure]] ''Machairodus'' which, although native to Europe in the case of at least one species, likely lived in open grasslands rather than in the cave the cat is seen inside (at least in the trailer). The bison seen in the trailer also appear to be the North American exclusive Long-Horned Bison.
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* MisplacedWildlife: The saber-toothed cat featured in the trailer appears to be either a ([[ArtisticLicensePaleontology long-tailed]]) ''Smilodon'', which were only found in North and South America, or the [[SeldomSeenSpecies more obscure]] ''Machairodus'' which, although native to Europe in the case of at least one species, likely lived in open grasslands rather than in the cave the cat is seen inside (at least in the trailer). The bison seen in the trailer also appear to be the North American exclusive Long-Horned Bison.Bison, although they could also be steppe bison (''Bison priscus'') which was found in both Eurasia and the Americas.
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* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: After Keda wakes up and climbs back to the ridge where he fell, he finds his funeral stone markings; realizing that this means that his tribe has left him for dead he angrily kicks the memorial down.
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That wasn't a wolf that snatched him. It was that sabretooth cat
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* ConLang: Unlike the trailer which had an English voice-over narration by Keda, the entire film is spoken on a primitive dialect that sounds close to [=Proto-IndoEuropean=] with subtitles; just like ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal''.
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* YourTomcatIsPregnant: [[spoiler:At the end it's revealed that Alpha is a female, and gives birth to a litter of pups]].
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Set in Europe 20,000 B.C., it follows the adventures of a young hunter named Keda who, after a hunting expedition goes awry, is left for dead by the rest of his tribe; after waking up alone in the wild, he forms a bond with a wolf that has been cast out from its pack, pack. He eventually gives the wolf a name that translates to "Alpha" in modern English, and together they must survive the harsh, cold environment. Thereby environment, thereby forming the first steps for the human-canine InterspeciesFriendship that would last for millennia.
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* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Only after Keda and Alpha have completed the journey do we find that Alpha is a female wolf; and the reason she wouldn't walk the final leg of the journey was that she was about to give birth to a litter of pups.]]
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: If the sabertooth seen in the trailer is a ''Smilodon'' as indicated by its size, it shouldn't have a long tail like a modern big cat, not to mention that [[MisplacedWildlife none of the three species were found in Europe]]. Alternatively, it could be a ''Machairodus'', which was just as large and actually did live in Europe - except that the last members of this genus [[AnachronismStew died out during the middle Pleistocene]], millennia before the film's time period of 20,000 years ago.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: If the sabertooth seen in the trailer really is a ''Smilodon'' as indicated by its size, it shouldn't should have a short bobcat-like tail instead of the long tail like a modern big cat, tiger-like one it has in the film, not to mention that [[MisplacedWildlife none of the three species were found in Europe]]. Alternatively, it could be a ''Machairodus'', which was just as large and actually did live in Europe - except that the last members of this genus [[AnachronismStew died out during the middle Pleistocene]], millennia before the film's time period of 20,000 years ago.
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* ABoyAndHisX: The very first A Boy And His Dog story.
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* TattooAsCharacterArchetype: Keda has a tattoo of the North Star on his hand, which he uses to navigate.
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* AdultFear: Keda's father supposedly sees his son die in front of him, and later breaks down in tears when they perform his death rites.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Keda's ankle is dislocated and he's forced to relocate it, leaving him limping for a while afterward.
* AndroclesLion: Subverted. The wolf and Keda bond while he's healing it, but it's not out of gratitude. The wounds just keep the wolf from attacking him until he can tame it.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted most of the time, but played straight as the bison can shrug off ''spears'', say nothing of arrows.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Keda's ankle is dislocated and he's forced to relocate it, leaving him limping for a while afterward.
* AndroclesLion: Subverted. The wolf and Keda bond while he's healing it, but it's not out of gratitude. The wounds just keep the wolf from attacking him until he can tame it.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted most of the time, but played straight as the bison can shrug off ''spears'', say nothing of arrows.
* {{Determinator}}: Keda won't let anything stop him from getting home. Not a frozen river, not deadly predators, not an avalanche falling on his head.
* FireForgedFriends: The wolf and Keda meet when they're trying to kill each other, but end up befriending each other.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Keda is a long way from home, assuming he ever finds his way back, and there are no other humans around. It's little wonder that, in a world before domesticated animals of any kind, he grows desperate enough to befriend the wolf.
* FireForgedFriends: The wolf and Keda meet when they're trying to kill each other, but end up befriending each other.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Keda is a long way from home, assuming he ever finds his way back, and there are no other humans around. It's little wonder that, in a world before domesticated animals of any kind, he grows desperate enough to befriend the wolf.
* NatureIsNotNice: Prehistoric humanity is hanging on tenterhooks, with their crude weapons being ineffective against many threats and predators snatching humans straight from the campfire with impunity. All of which gets worse when Keda is left alone. It makes the aversion with the wolf befriending Keda that much more profound.
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* TattooAsCharacterArchetype: Keda has a tattoo of the North Star on his hand, which he uses to navigate.
* TribalFacePaint: The humans are sometimes seen with ochre markings.
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Set in Europe 20,000 B.C., it follows the adventures of a young hunter named Keda who who, after a hunting expedition goes awry, is left for dead by the rest of his tribe; after waking up, up alone in the wild, he forms a bond with a wolf that has been cast out from its pack, and together they must survive the harsh, cold environment. Thereby forming the first steps for the human-canine interspecies friendship InterspeciesFriendship that would last for millennia.
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* CanineCompanion: Keda and his wolf become close friends during the movie, the film itself is billed as telling the story of how the friendship between humans and canines began thousands of years ago.
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Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIxnTi4GmCo here]].
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''Alpha'' is a 2018 prehistoric survival, thriller film.
Set in Europe 20,000 B.C., it follows the adventures of a young hunter named Keda who is left for dead by the rest of tribe; after waking up, he forms a bond with a wolf that has been cast out from its pack, and together they must survive the harsh, cold environment. Thereby forming the first steps for the human-canine friendship.
Not to be confused with ''Film/AlphaDog''.
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* NobleWolf: The wolf that forms a bond with Keda.
* SavageWolves: Keda's tribe has to fend off wolves at various times, the trailer shows one quickly grabbing a tribe member and then disappearing in to the darkness.
Set in Europe 20,000 B.C., it follows the adventures of a young hunter named Keda who is left for dead by the rest of tribe; after waking up, he forms a bond with a wolf that has been cast out from its pack, and together they must survive the harsh, cold environment. Thereby forming the first steps for the human-canine friendship.
Not to be confused with ''Film/AlphaDog''.
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* NobleWolf: The wolf that forms a bond with Keda.
* SavageWolves: Keda's tribe has to fend off wolves at various times, the trailer shows one quickly grabbing a tribe member and then disappearing in to the darkness.
