Colin Farrell goes all in with the trailer for Conclave director Edward Berger’s upcoming film Ballad of a Small Player.
Set to premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the movie sees The Penguin star as Lord Doyle, a man who gambles every night in Macau’s casinos, falling further into debt but lapping up every luxury and fistful of lobster while he can.
Fresh from The End and Problemista, Tilda Swinton is hot on Doyle’s heels as private investigator Cynthia Blithe. Could a helping hand from an enigmatic casino employee Dao Ming (Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire star Fala Chen) get him out of this mess? Perhaps, if her own secrets don’t catch up to her first.
With the most dramatic version of Andrea True’s “More, More, More,” you’ve ever heard, the Ballad of a Small Player trailer promises high stakes, big bets, and a hotel room-bound descent into madness.
Ballad of a Small Player will premiere at TIFF on Sept. 8, before hitting select U.S. cinemas Oct. 15 and streaming on Oct. 29.
