Netflix bets on La Bola Negra for the Oscars after Cannes
The film, winner of the directing award at Cannes, unveils its epic trailer.
The video this brief is aboutLa Bola Negra, selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival, won the directing award. Immediately after its screening, a bidding war for U.S. distribution opened, with Netflix emerging victorious. The service released a long trailer packed with striking images, featuring Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, as well as Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close in supporting roles. The film tells the fate of three gay men in three periods of Spanish history - 1932, 1937 and 2017 - linked by the mysterious "black ball". Netflix is counting on this epic drama to try its luck at the Oscars again, as noted by Screen Wide.
