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Netflix Debuts Teaser for Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player Starring Colin Farrell

Netflix is positioning the film for awards with a festival launch followed by a brief theatrical window.

Colin Farrell wears a lavish suit and sports a thin mustache while riding down an escalator 
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Overview

  • Colin Farrell leads as Lord Doyle, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau as debts and a troubled past close in.
  • Edward Berger directs from Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 novel, reuniting with cinematographer James Friend and composer Volker Bertelmann.
  • The film premieres at TIFF and then plays the Zurich Film Festival, where Farrell will receive the Golden Icon Award.
  • Netflix sets a staggered rollout: select U.S. theaters on October 15, U.K. and Ireland on October 17, and global streaming on October 29.
  • The first teaser emphasizes a neon-soaked psychological descent, featuring rapid glimpses of frantic gambling, drinking, and confrontations tied to a mysterious casino employee and a pursuing private investigator.