Sirāt

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Sirāt

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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.

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A brutal reminder that the journey can be more important than the destination, Sirât is an unforgettable exercise in tension that wallops its audience like a deafening blast of bass to the face.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

1d

The midway point tragedy lost me and I found the final act... more absurd than absurdist.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

2d

4/5

Sirāt makes a ticklish presence in Oscar conversations: it has the flavour of a cult film, a grimy gatecrasher among the tuxedos. And yet this isn’t the trippy sprawl of another generation’s midnight movie.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

2d

4.5/5

Indeed, on all levels Sirat is designed as a shock to the system, meant to affect the body as much as the mind.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

1d

There’s no doubt it’s bracing and a deeply felt homage to EDM as modern, post-lingual folk music. But Sirāt is at war with itself, and its pushiest, least interesting instincts rule the day. R.

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Cris Kennedy

Inner East Review

1d

5/5

Oliver Laxe has chosen his cast wonderfully, a gaggle of wounded real-life ravers so full of their own sense of identity that they give natural energy-fuelled performances.

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James Saynor

The Arts Desk

2d

3/5

Yet even as we see those hopes detonated, this fatalistic, somewhat ponderous fable seems to be saying: we might as well stay in prayerful thrall to the four-to-the-floor beat.

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Marcus

2d

liked the storytelling overall. felt like I was on a ride with them. however, towards the end it dragged a bit. never felt satisfying and just became trauma porn happenstance

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Ann H

@anndanotherthing 42m

I absolutely loved this. Genuinely shocking moments.

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Mike M.

@MikePerhaps 15h

Bleak af. Somehow a combo of genius and hollow? If I had to guess, this film is probably the creation of someone who’s lived a privileged life but sees themselves as politically attuned, and therefore thinks this film they’ve concocted is more profound than it actually is. And even if I’m wrong about that, it is still how the film comes across.

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Gaston V

@Georgespeeds 21h

This is more than a "movie."

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Ryan Y

@McGomez 1d

Visceral poetry not for the faint of heart.

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c F

@deus1 1d

The direction is great, but grounded on you appreciating the music. If you find the music annoying, this film probably wont be for you ; but I'm sure most can find something in it. It does well at communicating the dangers, of the environment and those of a social kind. The integration of the protagonist and his new troupe grew as it went on and was endearing. The cast were likeable. There were alot of varied emotional parts, and there are alot of surprises in this film - for the best. I was glad I watched it ; and the music to me was great ; the cliche lonely desert shots added to this. Nomads travelling a treacherous journey to a good beat, is a good premise.

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Oliver Laxe
Screenwriter: Oliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: El Deseo, Movistar Plus+, 4A4 Productions
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Some Violent Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $378.2K
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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