“The vibe is exuberant and anarchic and very much in tempo with the joy-craving fatalism of today. Lately, it seems, the risk-averse screenwriting rules of what-should-happen-by-which-page that have steered Hollywood movies for far too long are feeling especially threadbare. As that way of filmmaking implodes, audiences are turning to movies that rebel. Like this one.”
—Amy Nicholson, The Los Angeles Times

“Some of the most authentically white-knuckle filmmaking in recent memory … but it’s also touched by grace, at times feeling less like a movie than a conjuring.”
—Adam Nayman, The RInger

“If you’re down for a trip, SIRĀT is THE WAGES OF FEAR meets THE VANISHING on shrooms; startlingly original, jarringly hilarious, and deeply disturbing.”
—Time Out

Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, Óliver Laxe’s crazed and nearly indescribable new film is an extraordinary experience.

A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties.

Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.