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05.12.2026 21:00
What is life really like in Dubai—a city of luxury, extreme inequality, and extreme temperatures?
“The Heat” is tangible evidence of a shocking reality that is no longer merely a dystopian vision of the world. Contrary to popular belief, life in Dubai and throughout the United Arab Emirates—often associated with luxury and comfort—is marked by deepening extreme inequality, injustice, and poverty.
Jacqueline Zünd reveals to viewers a world of extremes, where the privileged elite live in sterile, air-conditioned interiors, while the poor face temperatures that, in extreme cases, reach 80 degrees Celsius. In this film, the heat pulses, clings, and pours out of the movie screen. It vibrates and closes in—much like the class-based tension hanging in the air, characteristic of, for example, Michel Franco’s films.
It’s a contemporary documentary-style “Mad Max,” in which water is the new currency, and the equivalent of car chases across the desert—the no less risky journeys of precarious food delivery workers zipping through the metropolis on rickety scooters.
Jacqueline Zünd reveals to viewers a world of extremes, where the privileged elite live in sterile, air-conditioned interiors, while the poor face temperatures that, in extreme cases, reach 80 degrees Celsius. In this film, the heat pulses, clings, and pours out of the movie screen. It vibrates and closes in—much like the class-based tension hanging in the air, characteristic of, for example, Michel Franco’s films.
It’s a contemporary documentary-style “Mad Max,” in which water is the new currency, and the equivalent of car chases across the desert—the no less risky journeys of precarious food delivery workers zipping through the metropolis on rickety scooters.
Tadeusz Strączek
Age rating: 15+
Age rating: 15+
