Sirât: VIFF 2025
Trekking into an unforgiving Moroccan desert in a desperate search for his missing daughter, Luis (Sergi López) gets caught up in an anarchic rave that resembles Bosch by way of Burning Man, backed by deafening EDM. Tagging along with a group of crusty outsiders as they head for their next hedonistic happening, Luis ventures off-road in a bid to evade the authorities. But as the convoy places itself at the mercy of an unimaginably perilous landscape, their ecstasy is quickly eclipsed by a feeling of damnation.
Opening his film with the assembly of a fortress-like wall of speakers — then unleashing its sonic payload — director Oliver Laxe is candid about his intention to assault the senses. And he upholds that dark covenant with a vengeance, orchestrating a film that casts the same fatalistic spell as William Friedkin’s Sorcerer while offering instances of deranged Looney-Tunes-through-the-looking-glass humour. Sîrat will have you riveted for every second of its runtime and rattled for hours after the end credits have rolled.
Sunday, October 12
8:45 pm
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