Colin Farrell is a gambler on the run in teaser for Netflix film ‘Ballad of a Small Player'
The teaser shows Farrell's character, Lord Doyle, moving through the streets of Macau and playing in card games in the city's casinos.
'Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) is laying low in Macau – spending his days and nights on the casino floors, drinking heavily and gambling what little money he has left,' a description of the film from Netflix reads.
"Struggling to keep up with his fast-rising debts, he is offered a lifeline by the mysterious Dao Ming (Fala Chen), a casino employee with secrets of her own.
'However, in hot pursuit is Cynthia Blithe (Tilda Swinton) – a private investigator ready to confront Doyle with what he is running from. As Doyle tries to climb to salvation, the confines of reality start to close in.'
Ballad of a Small Player is directed by Oscar-winning German filmmaker Edward Berger, whose previous work includes the 2022 remake of anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front and last year's hit papal drama Conclave.
The film, an adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, has been written for the screen by Rowan Joffe, who wrote The American and 28 Weeks Later, the horror sequel released earlier this year starring Cillian Murphy.
Alongside Farrell, Chen and Swinton, it will also feature performances from Deanie Ip and Alex Jennings.
Ballad of a Small Player will get a theatrical release in select cinemas across Ireland and the UK from October 17 ahead of its global release on Netflix on October 29.
His starring role in the psychological thriller continues a successful year for Farrell, who earned his first Emmy nomination for his lauded performance as Oz Cobb in the Batman spinoff series The Penguin.
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