‘Sirat’ Review: Oliver Laxe’s Excruciatingly Tense, Escalatingly Insane Road Trip Through a Desert Purgatory

Set in a dystopian desert during a potential post-apocalyptic era, Oliver Laxe’s *Sirât* follows Luis and Esteban as they search for their missing daughter, uncovering aMissing-person mystery that stretches across the Middle East. When a military evacuation order forces them to flee, they realize civilization is teetering on chaos. The film’s chaotic, non-linear storytelling explores themes of loss, existential crisis, and humanity’s fragile state in the face of global turmoil, culminating in an unsettling yet thought-provoking climax.