La Bola Negra proves that risk pays at the box office and the Oscars
The gay epic film, acclaimed at Cannes, launches in the United States before arriving on Netflix.
La Bola Negra, a Spanish gay epic, turned commissioners' skepticism into commercial success in Spain and Oscar ambition. "We must take risks," producer Domingo Corral said at the MIA Market in Rome. He reminded that without daring we repeat ourselves and never reach the right place. According to him, the film, which blends queer love and civil war, was considered doomed to fail, but it became one of Cannes' best films and is among the Oscar contenders. Netflix acquired it at Cannes for awards season, with a theatrical release in the United States on October 16, followed by streaming on December 2. According to The Hollywood Reporter.