Afternoons of Solitude

"Critic's Pick! Mesmerizing."

“This new documentary by Albert Serra is one of the most transfixing I’ve seen in a while… With its blend of intimacy and majesty, of breathless action and overarching monumentality, he achieves a unity, a synthesis, and a far-reaching vision that he has only occasionally found in fiction.”

“Riveting.”

“One of the year’s best films. A visceral experience. Fascinating.”

"Ballsy and transfixing"

"Four Stars [out of four]! Visually beautiful."

"Mr. Serra achieves something rare with Afternoons of Solitude: a near total state of rapt attention for two hours while sidestepping potential glamorization through formal stillness and thematic purity."

"Serra’s extraordinary documentary... This is a major work from a richly maturing filmmaker, of a piece with his recent fiction features."

“Enrapturing.”

ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF 2025 (SO FAR). "Transcendent. A mesmerizing portrait of bullfighting star Andrés Roca Rey.”

"Muscular and ferocious."

"It’s a remarkable, multifarious work, and despite the controversial subject matter, it’s probably the closest thing that Serra has ever made to a crossover mainstream feature."

“Mesmerising. An impressionistic and intimate documentary.”