Netflix has premiered the full trailer for “Conclave” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” director Edward Berger’s new thriller feature “Ballad of a Small Player”.
Colin Farrell plays Lord Doyle, a man 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. Deanie Ip and Alex Jennings co-star.
Based on Lawrence Osborne’s novel of the same name, Rowan Joffe (“The American,” “28 Weeks Later”) adapts the screenplay. Mike Goodridge and Matthew James Wilkinson produce.
The film scored a theatrical release on October 15th ahead of the film premiering on the streaming service on October 29th.
