Watch: Teaser trailer released for Ballad of a Small Player starring Colin Farrell
Ballad of a Small Player follows Lord Doyle, a high-end stake gambler played by Colin Farrell, who is laying low in Macau and spending his days and nights on the casino floors, drinking heavily and gambling what little money he has left.
Struggling to keep up with his fast-rising debts, he is offered a lifeline by the mysterious Dao Ming, played by Fala Chen, a casino employee with secrets of her own.
Ballad of a Small Player starring Colin Farrell will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday, October 17 and on Netflix on Wednesday, October 29.
In hot pursuit is Cynthia Blithe, played by Tilda Swinton, a private investigator ready to confront Doyle with what he is running from, but as Doyle tries to climb to salvation, the confines of reality start to close in.
Based on the Lawrence Osborne book The Ballad of a Small Player and adapted for the screen by Rowan Joffe, the film teams Farrell with Edward Berger, the director of the Oscar-winning Conclave and All Quiet on the Western Front.
Ballad of a Small Player will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday, October 17 and on Netflix on Wednesday, October 29.
Ballad of a Small Playerstarring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, and Tilda Swinton, will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday, October 17, and will stream on Netflix from Wednesday, October 29.
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