The sirāt to Sirāt is paved with… (CREDIT: NEON/Screenshot)

Starring: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Richard Bellamy, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier, Jade Oukid

Director: Óliver Laxe

Running Time: 114 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: February 6, 2026 (Theaters)

For my review of Sirāt (Oscar-nominated for International Feature Film and Best Sound), I shall employ my frequent reviewing strategy of asking myself whether or not I would like to live within the world of this film. And it’s an easy answer this time: a resounding NO.

It actually starts out promisingly enough, as the opening scene presents a rave soundtracked to a hypnotic EDM track. Quite frankly, I would have loved it if the whole movie were just one long desert freakout with the music never stopping. But that’s actually fool’s gold. I don’t want to be sweating in the desert, and those blaringly loud tunes are only really enjoyable for me from the safety of the movie theater.

And it only gets dicier from there, as a father’s trek to find his missing daughter with his young son in tow features driving along a terrifyingly steep cliff and an excursion in a minefield, with occasional radio reports announcing the looming threat of a possible World War III. So yeah, you could say I sure don’t want to live in the world of Sirāt.

Grade: Sounds Stunning, Feels Aggravating