Luis and his young son Esteban wander around a rave party, showing off a photo of his daughter Mar, whom he lost several months ago and is desperate to find. No one knows her, but during the search, he makes some acquaintances who, after the party is shut down by the police, direct him to another rave. The journey won't be the easiest, and not just because of the rugged terrain.
Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
Laxe plays with the syncretism of his references, from mainstream cinema, from Mad Max and Monolith, to Sufi philosophy, from political reflection to sound research. The result is a vibrant film that, however, hides a deadly and merciless soul, celebrating tribal rituals connected to the surrounding environment and collective trance states, yet capable of changing face in the space of a single shot and transforming into a journey of group redemption, a sacrificial journey. And then, even the reins of the narrative loosen under the waves of sand to the rhythm of the bass. The only thing left standing after the devastation are the speakers, which stand like monoliths in the middle of the desert, the sole sign of the passage of men on earth, within which they preserve and reproduce the mystery of the world. (Chiara Zuccari)
