‘Ballad of a small player’ Colin Farrell

Few people in the film industry have had more impressive last years than Edward Bergerwhich directed 2022 All quiet in the western frontfor which he was nominated for an Oscar, and 2024 Conclavefor which it should have been, and Colin Farrellthat starred in 2022 The Banshees de Inisherinthat brought a first name to Oscar for a long time, Thirteen lives and The BatmanNot to say anything from the limited series 2024 The penguinfor which it is currently nominated for Emmy.

Therefore, it was quite exciting to know that the two had joined strength to Ballad of a small playerA film about a self -destructive game addict and the scammer in the current Macao that becomes increasingly desperate as its luck is exhausted. Adapted by Rowan Joffe of Lawrence OsborneThe 2014 novel of the same name, and also with presence Chen Fail and Tilda Swinton In support roles, Ballad He had its world premiere at the Werner Herzog Theater at the Telluride Film Festival on Friday night.

I am pleased to inform that it is a fun, sad, elegant and completely entertaining moment in the cinema. It is also completely different from the two Berger films mentioned above, in terms of size and tone. Those were large -scale epic on matters of social consequence, and became the Oscar contenders in general, landing nine and eight Noms, respectively. This is more an intimate character study and, for me, he evoked memories of 2015 Mississippi Grind2019’s Unbuilding gems And, of course, from 1974 and 2014 The player. As for the awards, I suspect that attention will be largely focused on the Tour-Force de Farrell and the colorful joffe script, which could be nominated for the Oscar.

Netflix will release the film on theaters on October 15 and then on its transmission platform on October 29.