Director Edward Berger follows up the Oscar winning All Quiet on the Western Front and Oscar nominated Conclave with Ballad of a Small Player. Written by Rowan Joffe, the film stars Colin Farrell as Lord Doyle, a gambler hiding out in Macau from a private investigator (Tilda Swinton). An encounter with a mysterious casino employee, Dao Ming (Fala Chen), appears to offer Doyle a way to clear his mounting debts.
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne.
Ballad of a Small Player is in UK cinemas from October 17th and on Netflix from October 29th.
Check out the first trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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. 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.
