Sirāt

Arriving in the Moroccan desert seeking his missing daughter, Luis encounters a community of rave wanderers linked to her, and together an unpredictable journey begins. Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt blends symbolic storytelling, evocative cinematography and immersive sound into a labyrinthine exploration of destiny and existential quests.

Luis, father of two children, is searching for his missing eldest daughter. He ventures into unknown territory, the Moroccan desert, to find her. There he meets a group of people who knew her, a collective of free-spirited ravers, trance partygoers, deserters from a world at war. Together, they embark on an uncertain journey, one path that will lead to the next unknown path.

Oliver Laxe (Mimosas, IFFR 2017; Fire Will Come, IFFR 2019) has created his most symbolic and shocking film to date with Sirāt. An impressive performance by Sergi López, alongside a group of non-professional actors, cinematography from Mauro Herce (Dead Slow Ahead, dir.) featuring images as meaningful as indelible, Santi Fillol’s unforgettable script and an explosion of sound from DJ Kangding Ray opens the viewer’s body for sensory and existential experiences. Spanish filmmaker Laxe uses these tools to craft his shifting tale of sinuous surprises, of life train tracks that flow continuously towards somewhere – even if we ignore that there is a destination.

– Miquel Martí Freixas