Overview

• The film opens in theaters this week following a high‑profile festival run capped by the Cannes Jury Prize.
• Critics in major outlets praise its hypnotic, sensory ambition, with Kangding Ray’s electronic score highlighted for its force.
• Audience reaction is sharply divided, with numerous social‑media accounts of early walkouts and complaints about its severity.
• In Spain, Sirât has attracted roughly 400,000 admissions, an unusually robust tally for an experimental auteur title.
• Sergi López stars as a father searching for his adult daughter in Morocco’s desert rave scene, using nonprofessional ravers for authenticity, and the production is backed by Pedro Almodóvar’s El Deseo.