A curly haired person plays a trumpet in what looks like a bathroom
Trailer for Preview: La Bola Negra
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Preview: La Bola Negra

classified 15

part of BFI London Film Festival on Tour 2026

Film

Please note: This was screened in

Director
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Cast
Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Penélope Cruz. Milo Quifes, Penélope Cruz
Details
155 mins, Subtitled, 2026, Spain, France
Primary language
Spanish

A genre-defying queer epic, rooted in the legacy of beloved writer Federico García Lorca, this is majestic and original filmmaking.

Spain, 1932. A young man awaits to see if he has secured membership of the local casino. In 1937, a young nationalist soldier guards a republican prisoner. Jump to 2017 and an unexpected document is inherited by an historian from his grandfather. 

These timelines and a breathtaking cinematic audacity shape this dazzlingly constructed and performed triptych about communication, inheritance, silence and memory.

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