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La Bola Negra

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LA BOLA NEGRA tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras -- 1932, 1937, and 2017.

Critics Reviews

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Justin Chang The New Yorker 3d
None of the stories here feels potent or stirring enough on its own to work in tandem with the others, and neither a terrific pop-up appearance by Penélope Cruz... can keep so much frenzied crosscutting from reaching the point of diminishing returns. Go to Full Review Siddhant Adlakha Observer 4d
4/4
A magnificently moving triptych that feels at once novel and like a classically staged military epic. Go to Full Review Zachary Lee TheWrap 4d
What we see is nothing short of witnessing a new mythology being created before your very eyes. Go to Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 5d
This desire to make everything too explicit ultimately unbalances a film that, even trapped by its own excess, contains moments of great brilliance and an unusual ambition. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Carlos F. Heredero Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 5d
The Spanish film turns its characters into puppets of a predetermined narrative to which the entire dramaturgy and narrative structure of the story are subservient. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Javier Ambrossi

Director

Javier Calvo

Director

Guitarricadelafuente

Actor

Miguel Bernardeau

Actor

Penélope Cruz

Actor

Glenn Close

Actor

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Movie Info

Synopsis LA BOLA NEGRA tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras -- 1932, 1937, and 2017.
Director
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Producer
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Screenwriter
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Alberto Conejero
Production Co
Movistar Plus+, Suma Content Films, El Deseo, Le Pacte
Genre
Drama, Musical, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
2h 37m