Sirât
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“The only thing here is dust”
Overview
A bass-thumping, sand-swept, existential road thriller that won the Cannes Jury Prize, Sirǎt demands to be seen loud. A father (Sergi López) and son comb the desert raves of the south of Morocco for their missing daughter and sister Mar, who vanished months ago to one of these endless, sleepless parties. As a war breaks out, the two convoy with a ragtag group of ravers heading out deeper into the mountainous wastes in search of another party – perhaps they’ll find Mar there.
Winner: Jury Prize
“This is original, explosive (literally — you’ll see!) and ovation-worthy, cinema”
“A truly staggering and major film, one that has to be seen to be believed”
“Its title refers to the mythical Islamic bridge across hell, on which one false step leads to damnation. The path trodden by the film itself is no less risky, but it styles out the crossing astonishingly”
Why See This Film
Not for the faint-hearted, filmmaker Oliver Laxe’s pulsepounding desert odyssey is fiercely arresting and utterly transfixing. Like Friedkin’s Sorcerer, Sirǎt is made of tantalising off-road trucking, unlikely kinship (from a tremendous cast of mostly non-actors) in unforgiving landscapes and spiritual struggle at the edge of the world, all set to a stellar soundtrack. But it also has something more up its sleeve: as raving tourists tread upon volatile grounds stained by grim colonial histories, Laxe and co-writer Santiago Fillol take us down unexpected avenues where a mean, apocalyptic and strange reckoning awaits.
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