‘Afternoons of Solitude’ Wins San Sebastian’s Top Prize

Andrés Roca Rey in 'Afternoons of Solitude.'

The 72nd San Sebastian Movie Competition’s Golden Shell for finest movie has gone to Albert Serra‘s Afternoons of Solitude, a documentary on bullfighting, edging out robust competitors from narrative options by Joshua Oppenheimer, Edward Berger and Mike Leigh. The Spanish director’s movie focuses on Peruvian-Spanish bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey. Whereas noting that the doc’s graphic … Read more