Afternoons of Solitude

Tardes de soledad

27th TIDF: Greek Premiere
Portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, which allows us to reflect on the intimate experience of the bullfighter who assumes the risk of facing the bull as a personal duty out of respect for tradition and as an aesthetic challenge. This challenge creates a form of ephemeral beauty through the material and violent confrontation between human rationality and the brutality of the wild animal. “Rigourous, intense, unrestrained, Albert Serra’s perfect frames lure the spectators out of their comfort zone, taking them close to the star and even closer to the death and decadence that surrounds him. Hypnotic, Afternoons of Solitude, is a dive into a world of men, where the fragility and loneliness of masculinity tries to conceal itself behind blood and broderies but eventually resurfaces in flatteries and stranded gazes. In Afternoons of Solitude, once again, beyond the capacity of conveying such an experience with an impeccable style, Serra’s ultimate talent is to leave the spectator alone with their moral compass and ideas. A mark of respect toward the viewer that defines his cinema as one of the most necessary of our times.” (Rebecca De Pas)
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Albert Serra
Script: Albert Serra
Cinematography: Artur Tort
Editing: Albert Serra, Artur Tort
Sound: Jordi Ribas, Samuel Mittelman, Bruno Tarrière
Music: Marc Verdaguer, Ferran Font
Actors: Andrés Roca Rey, Antonio Gutiérrez, Francisco Durán, Francisco Gómez, Manuel Lara
Production: LaCima Producciones, Andergraun Films
Producers: Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Luis Ferrón, Pedro Palacios, Ricard Sales
Co-production: Idéale Audience, Rosa Filmes
Co-producers: Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Spain, France, Portugal
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 125'
Contact: Films Boutique
Awards/Distinctions: Best Film “Golden Shell” Award, Feroz Zinemaldia Award, Ateneo Guipuzcoano Award - San Sebastián FF 2024

Albert Serra

Filmography

2006 Honour of The Knights (fiction)
2008 Birdsong (fiction)
2011 Lord Worked Wonders in Me
2013 Story of My Death (fiction)
2016 The Death of Louis XIV (fiction)
2022 Pacifiction (fiction)
2024 Afternoons of Solitude