Afternoons of Solitude's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
The film\'s gaze is arguably as mocking as it is dazzled — with the macho posturing and hero-worship of Roca Rey a tacit source of comedy — while Serra, living up to his reputation for challenging arthouse fare, doesn\'t flinch in his presentation of animal abuse and suffering.
The Hollywood Reporter
Any thoughts about the violence we\'re seeing are strictly our own, never fed to us by the filmmaker. That makes Afternoons of Solitude, in its uncompromising way, a doc as muscular and ferocious as the poor creatures being ritualistically slaughtered in those bullrings.
Screen Daily
Its immersive intensity makes it essential viewing for Serra followers, and for anyone interested in documentary\'s ability to record, and make us think about, the extremes of the real world.