A Locarno prizewinner, Kurdwin Ayub’s confidently provocative film grapples with a stifling, ultra-rich realm where freedom shimmers like a desert mirage. Orbiting a knockout turn from Florentina Holzinger, Moon plummets out of safe zones into unpredictable, explosive arenas of trouble and threat.

At times recalling The Wrestler in its study of chasing faded fame, Rimini is a funny, sometimes vulgar and often moving tale of people struggling towards contentment despite lifetimes of disappointment. The film is a scathing character study about how easy it can be to commodify people’s lives.