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.”
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.