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Colin Farrell at the director of Conclave: trailer

ByLeila August 20, 2025August 20, 2025

The Irish actor puts himself in the poker in Macao for Edward Berger.

A few months after the nodal appointment of his Conclavethe German director Edward Berger is already back with a new amazing film.

In Ballad of A Small Playerhe films a Colin Farrell as inhabited as usual in the shoes of a Loser poker player in Asia. This Lord Doyle spends its days and nights in the Macao casinos. While struggling to face his debts, Dao Ming (Fala Chen), an employee of the casino, arises to reach out to her.

We can already imagine the fatal spiral and the descent into hell teased in the trailer that Netflix has just put online.

Faced with the Irish star, we will also see Tilda Swinton in the shoes of Cynthia Blithe, a private detective determined to face it and reveal what it flees. “”On the thread, the man tries to go up the slope, but the border between reality and illusion is becoming more and more fragile. “

Edward Berger, crowned Best Foreign Film with Oscars in 2023 with To the west, nothing newshould still make a sensation. Besides, Ballad of A Small Player will be entitled to an outing in the cinema limited to the USA, just before arriving in streaming, to be able to be eligible for the next Oscars.

Released in France on October 29, only streaming on Netflix.

Leila

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