Phoenix Fringe: Sirāt

RUN TIME
1 hr 54 mins

Wednesday 29 April: 1300
Thursday 30 April: 1930

Highly acclaimed Spanish drama, nominated multiple awards including the Best International Feature Film Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe!

A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco, searching for Mar, their missing daughter and sister. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they 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.

Directed by Oliver Laxe, starring Sergi Lopez, Stefania Gadda, Jade Oukid, Brúno Nuñez, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier and Richard Bellamy.

 

Warning: This film contains one or more sequences involving extended flashing or flickering lights, or regular patterns.

 

REVIEWS

“Startlingly original” ★★★★★ Time Out

"SIRĀT is a truly staggering and major film, one that has to be seen to be believed - a masterful gambit of affectionate character and community building that mutates into a work that deals with the primal instincts of human survival" ★★★★★ Little White Lies

"Don’t read about it. Just go see it.” Jacob Elordi

"Left me stunned for days. Fasten your seatbelt.” David Byrne

“​​Vital, unpredictable, brilliantly made, hard to describe, even more difficult to forget.” ★★★★★ Empire

“Sirāt” is a fever dream that feels like the long-lost cousin of “Mad Max: Fury Road” Vulture

"The best film of the year.  An astonishing experience of singularly transfixing power. I left it invigorated and grateful anew for the ground beneath my feet." Justin Chang, The New Yorker

"A road movie like no other, visionary director Oliver Laxe’s mind-blowing fourth feature boldly inhabits its own universe. A stunner." The Hollywood Reporter

"A life-changing cinematic experience" David Fear, Rolling Stone

"Pure Exhilaration" Josh Rothkopf, LA Times

"A heart-wrenching, terrifying journey to the end of the world. This masterful, gasp-inducing thriller is suspenseful to a borderline unbearable degree." Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

“Jaw-dropping” ★★★★★ The Times

★★★★★ James King, BBC R2