
Afternoons of Solitude
Synopsis
Filmmaker Albert Serra follows star Peruvian matador Andrés Roca Rey from the solitude of his hotel room to a circuit of Spanish bullfighting arenas, observing the charged spectacle and violent encounters that await him. His preparations and rituals reveal the exacting demands of his profession.
Editorial
Eschewing explanation for rhythmic abstraction, this authentically mysterious documentary poses profound riddles about beauty, violence, and mortality. In the death-baiting, cherubically handsome bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey, acclaimed director Albert Serra finds a welter of enigmatic contradictions.
