Overview
- Netflix released the first U.S. teaser on Tuesday and confirmed a U.S. theatrical release on October 16 followed by streaming on December 2, creating a roughly 47‑day theatrical window.
- La Bola Negra premiered in Competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival where directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi won the Best Director prize after a lengthy ovation.
- The film runs about 155 minutes and interweaves three periods — 1932, 1937 and 2017 — using Federico García Lorca’s unfinished La Bola Negra and Alberto Conejero’s La Piedra Oscura as source material with Conejero co‑writing the screenplay.
- The ensemble cast includes musician Guitarricadelafuente in his acting debut, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Julio Torres, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, and the score and song are by Raül Refree and Guitarricadelafuente.
- Industry reports say Netflix won U.S. rights after a post‑Cannes bidding war in a reported seven‑figure deal and plans the longer theatrical window to court cinemas, festivals and awards voters ahead of wider international rollouts.