Edward Berger’s Ballad Of A Small Player has been set for an awards corridor theatrical release in October by Netflix.
The dramatic thriller starring Colin Farrell will open in select theatres in the US on October 15 and in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on October 17, before making its global streaming debut on Netflix on October 29.
Berger’s films have been strong awards contenders in recent years, with Conclave winning this year’s British film Bafta and being nominated for the best picture Oscar and All Quiet On The Western Front winning the best international film Oscar for Germany in 2023.
Ballad Of A Small Player is based on Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 novel, adapted for the screen by Rowan Joffe. Farrell plays a high-stakes gambler lying low in Macau, China, whose past starts to catch up with him. The supporting cast includes Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton.
The film, produced by Mike Goodridge’s Good Chaos, Berger’s Nine Hours and Matthew James Wilkinson for Stigma Films, shot in China last summer.
Behind the camera talents include director of photography James Friend and composer Volker Bertelmann, both of whom also worked on All Quiet On The Western Front.
Also set this week for an awards corridor launch is Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut Eleanor The Great. Sony Pictures Classics will release the drama in the US and Canada on September 26.
June Squibb and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in the film, which had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes festival.
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