TORONTO (AP) — Oliver Laxe, the spiritually minded, 6-foot-6-inch French-born Galician director, knows that his new film, “Sirāt,” has given him a reputation to live up to. “When I’m on a plane and things are going bad, I say, “Come on, you’re the director of ‘Sirāt.' You cannot be scared,” Laxe, 41, says, laughing.
Desert raves and apocalyptic doom collide in 'Sirāt,' one of the year's most talked about films