SIRÂT
Genre
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Drama and Mystery
Running time
115 minutes
Year
2025
Language
Spanish and French
Subtitle
Arabic and English
Country
Spain and France
Director
Oliver Laxe
Bio
Producer
Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt
Cast
Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier, Jade Oukid, Richard Bellamy
Scriptwriter
Oliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol
‘Sirat’ is a term referring to the treacherous bridge between heaven and hell. Oliver Laxe’s film is certainly an odyssey and a sonic spectacular: his hypnotic rhythms carve a path for this temporal road movie in which Sergi López plays a father who has taken his son to search for their daughter/sister, missing in Morocco’s nomadic and quasi-feral rave scene. With an apocalypse taking place offscreen, the protagonist flees across a mythical landscape with a crew of non-professional actors. Sirât glimmers between sound and fury, pounds between loss and unfathomable grief, and leads audiences to what feels like the end of creation. Spain’s Oscar entry and 2025 Cannes jury prize winner is that rare cinematic achievement: an indelible gift of sound and vision.
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