Ravers Revel in Cannes Spotlight with Thumping 'Sirat'

AwardsWatch - ‘Sirât’ Review: Óliver Laxe Takes Us on a Sisyphean Journey of Sound and Fury Road [A-] Cannes

Perhaps the most mesmerising Competition entry thus far, Óliver Laxe’s Sirât takes us to a world of desert raves where the promise of salvation still exists. A long opening scene begins with close-ups of stage speakers, as they are being set up by a few half-naked men, old and young, all sweaty. Yet the camera…

Cannes wakes up for the shock movie. Death and the end of the world under the camera of Oliver Lax in “Sirat”, but also good Dominik Mol in “Dossier 137” and Pedro Cableira filming her Christmas land as if it were making her “The Padrinho” in “The Entrocament”

Ravers revel in Cannes spotlight with thumping 'Sirat'

Ravers revel in Cannes spotlight with thumping 'Sirat' bombeleni_temp Fri, 05/16/2025 - 21:45 Real ravers picked from obscurity to act in Cannes festival hit "Sirat" said they were delighted Friday to showcase their free-party world of drugs, trance music and travel. Set in Morocco and containing echoes of cult road movie "Mad Max", genre-twisting "Sirat" wowed many critics when it premiered on Thursday evening in the main competition.Fran…

Spanish director Oliver Laxe signs a stunning film-trip between "Mad Max" and David Lynch.