4 MOVIES
6h 15m
OLIVER LAXE
DIRECTED BY
Óliver Laxe (born 1982) is a critically acclaimed French-born Galician filmmaker known for his spiritual and raw, self-produced cinema, winning awards at Cannes for all his major features. After studying in Barcelona, he moved to Tangier, producing You All Are Captains (2010), Mimosas (2016), and Sirāt (2025), alongside the Galician-set Fire Will Come (2019).
Directorial Style: Laxe’s films often merge documentary and fiction, exploring themes of faith, landscape, and humanity's connection to nature.
You Are All Captains
A European director is making a film with children from a social center in Tangiers. Because of his methods, his relationship with the children during shooting degenerate and transform the evolution of the project.
Released: 2010
Duration: 1h 18m
Director: Oliver Laxe
Cast: Shakib Ben Omar, Nabil Dourgal, Mohamed Bablouh
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2. Mimosas
A dying Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan escorted by two rogues.
Released: 2016
Duration: 1h 36m
Director: Oliver Laxe
Cast: Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Aagli
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3. Fire Will Come
Amador returns home to his aging mother after serving a sentence for arson. He tries to adapt to daily farm life and coping with the villagers' memories of his past actions.
Released: 2019
Duration: 1h 26m
Director: Oliver Laxe
Cast: Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez, Inazio Abrao
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4. Sirat
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Released: March 5th 2026
Duration: 1h 55m
Director: Oliver Laxe
Cast: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Stefania Gadda
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In Cinemas March 5th 2026
