In a small town, Pol Khaled, a teenager from a broken family with an absent Moroccan father and a Catalan mother, confronts social prejudice and his own anger as he seeks belonging through religion in a place that refuses to see him as its own.
Set in a small town in northern Catalonia, “The Rift” follows Pol Khaled, a teenage boy raised by his Catalan mother after his Moroccan father’s disappearance. Drifting between friends, family, and institutions that see him as a problem to be managed, Pol moves through the summer with quiet anger.
A violent incident in a nightclub becomes a point of no return, forcing Pol to confront the consequences of his actions. As he tries to rebuild his life, Pol uncovers traces of his absent father and an inherited identity he never knew he carried.
During a moment of risk while climbing with his closest friend, Pol experiences an unexpected sense of calm that draws him toward faith. He approaches religion as a form of order and spiritual belonging denied to him elsewhere. As he grows closer to a local religious leader, Pol begins to notice subtle changes around him. As tensions rise within the town, he is forced to confront the distance between belief, violence, loss, and responsibility.
A violent incident in a nightclub becomes a point of no return, forcing Pol to confront the consequences of his actions. As he tries to rebuild his life, Pol uncovers traces of his absent father and an inherited identity he never knew he carried.
During a moment of risk while climbing with his closest friend, Pol experiences an unexpected sense of calm that draws him toward faith. He approaches religion as a form of order and spiritual belonging denied to him elsewhere. As he grows closer to a local religious leader, Pol begins to notice subtle changes around him. As tensions rise within the town, he is forced to confront the distance between belief, violence, loss, and responsibility.
