Solo is a 2018 Spanish drama film directed by Hugo Stuven and written by Santiago Lallana and Hugo Stuven about a young surfer who falls off a cliff, injures himself and finds himself in a situation where he needs to fight for his survival.
The plot dramatises the plight of ÃÂlvaro VizcaÃÂno, a surfer who temporarily disappeared after falling from a cliff in Fuerteventura in 2014.
The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2018. Distributed by Filmax, it was theatrically released in Spain on 3 August 2018.
Andrea G. Bermejo of CinemanÃÂa rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that Alain Hernández "perfectly masters the screaming scale [of desperation] playing [surfer] ÃÂlvaro VizcaÃÂno".
Beatriz MartÃÂnez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting a very committed Hernández as the film's standout whilst citing the "dated" attempts of "visual poetry" as a drawback.