Colin Farrell & Tilda Swinton Netflix Movie Ballad of a Small Player Gets Teaser Trailer

Netflix has unveiled the teaser trailer for its upcoming psychological thriller, Ballad of a Small Player, starring Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell as a habitual gambler. It is set to hit select theaters this October. 

Directed by All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave filmmaker Edward Berg and based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, Ballad of a Small Player boasts an ensemble cast of Farrell as Lord Doyle and Tilda Swinton as Cynthia Blithe. 28 Weeks Later scribe Rowan Joffe adapted the screenplay. 

What happens in the Ballad of a Small Player teaser trailer?

The teaser trailer opens with Farrell’s Lord Doyle, who spends most of his day (and nights) on the casino floors of Macau. Though the newly uploaded video did not reveal anything much about what the forthcoming film will entail, it features Lord Doyle noticeably struggling with his gambling addiction and grappling with his skyrocketing debt. You can watch the trailer below:

Ballad of a Small Player also stars Fala Chen (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), Deanie Ip (Our Time Will Come, A Simple Life), and Alex Jennings (The Phoenician Scheme, Blitz). The official synopsis reads as follows:

“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.”

Ballad of a Small Player will be released in theaters on October 15 before streaming on Netflix starting October 29.

Source: Comingsoon.net