29/04/2026
SIRĀT capsule review. When they tell you “this is a film which must be watched in the theater,” believe them. I will forever regret that the first time I saw SIRĀT was on my television, but I turned the speakers up, as loud as I could stand, to receive the life affirming pulse that is this film. Amidst the red cliffs and dry desert expanses of Morocco, dir Oliver Laxe introduces us to ravers at the end of the world, “caught in a trance, no turning back”. We will recognize, over this tumultuous narrative, why their feet pound the sand with purpose and release. A resonant act for those who also need a dance floor, and fellow bodies in motion around them, to feel at peace in a western world that intends to divide, control, and dismantle human connection. This is Mad Max with kindness at the center. The landscapes echo in films from the 70s that shaped cinema’s existential offerings. But here, most of these characters are not searching for their purpose. Instead, they face life with a knowing, a solace that derives through connected calmness amidst the impossible.
