La bola negra

Best Director (Ex-aequo), Cannes 2026

Original language: Spanish

Subtitles: Romanian, English

Directed by: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi

Country: Spain, France

Year of production: 2025

Length: 155 minutes

Genre: Drama

“La bola negra” tells the interconnected stories of three men in three different eras. Three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain and inheritance, and one of Federico García Lorca’s last, unfinished works.

Credits

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi – Directors

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, Alberto Conejero – Script

Casting

Guitarricadelafuente

Miguel Bernardeau

Carlos González

Milo Quifes

Lola Dueñas

Penélope Cruz

Glenn Close