This French and Spanish co-production shared the jury prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and has been selected as Spain’s official Oscars’ entry for 2026.
Luis (Sergi Lopez) is traveling through southern Morocco with his son, Esteban (Bruno Núñez Arjona). They are searching for his daughter, who has been missing for five months, last seen at a dance festival in the desert. As the pair travel from party to party, they hear of a semi-mythical rave near the border of Mauritania. Descending into the scorched terrain as a not-so-distant global conflict encroaches, Luis and Esteban are soon drawn into a primal landscape in which they must walk a tightrope between heaven and hell. Part existential road movie, part apocalyptic sci-fi, ‘Sirât’ mixes a bit of ‘Zabriskie Point’ and ‘Fury Road’ and shakes them up. Some of its images are indelible, in the same way Antonioni’s were in 1970, but director Laxe’s major weapon here is his outstanding sound design. ‘An energising film - a project determined to wake us up’. Hollywood Reporter. (Subtitles)
Spain/France 2025 Oliver Laxe 115m
