- Year: 2025
- Running time: 1h 41m
- Rated: R
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- US release: 15 October 2025
- Premiere: 29 August 2025
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Ballad of a Small Player
Directed by Edward Berger
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 mysteriou
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 is directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet On The Western Front, Conclave) and stars Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton.
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Studios: Good Chaos, Stigma Films, Nine Hours
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