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PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

  • Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM


This is a major work from a richly maturing filmmaker… pull[s] the audience into a discomfiting dream state.
— Guy Lodge, Variety

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

Note: This film contains graphic violence towards animals.

The new film from the visionary director of Pacifiction, Albert Serra’s Afternoons of Solitude is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain. With quiet intensity, Serra follows famed matador Andrés Roca Rey, from the solitude of his hotel room and the meticulousness of his preparations to the charged spectacle of the arena. Through his immersive and unhurried lens, Serra reveals Rey’s profound physical, spiritual, and aesthetic commitment to a centuries-old ritual—one that demands he take part in a timeless duel between man and beast.

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Earlier Event: July 6
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Later Event: July 9
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude