Andrés Roca Rey
Andrés Roca Rey (Lima, 21 October 1996) is a Peruvian matador. The film director Albert Serra has created a 2024 documentary film on him called Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad) which was awarded the Feroz Zinemaldia Award and the Golden Shell for best film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2024.[1][2][3]
In 2021, Christopher North conducted an English language interview with Andrés Roca for The Critic magazine, stating that Andrés Roca is arguably the best torero in the world now.[4] In 2022[5] and 2024,[6] North stated that Roca is the best torero in the world now.
Andrés Roca Rey is the younger brother of Fernando Roca Rey, also a matador. His uncle, José Antonio, was a rejoneador and his grandfather worked in bullfighting administration in Lima.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ [1] Afternoons of Solitude El Diario Vasco
- ^ [2] Yannick Vely Festival de San Sebastián 2024: Albert Serra Coquille d'Ardes Soledad, Paris Match
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (30 September 2024). "Albert Serra scoops the Golden Shell with Afternoons of Solitude". Cineuropa.
- ^ [3] The pleasures and the pain: Christopher North speaks to the fearless Andrés Roca Rey, Peru’s first bull fighting star
- ^ [4] From Lima with love Around the world to watch the bullfights by Christopher North for The Critic magazine 21 November, 2022
- ^ [5] Struggles of a veteran matador: Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail Artillery Row, by Christopher North 27 April, 2024 The Critic magazine