‘La Bola Negra’ trailer: Los Javis’ Cannes-winning queer epic stars Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close

A still from ‘La Bola Negra’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, known professionally as Los Javis, have unveiled the first trailer for La Bola Negra, their Cannes-winning drama about three men whose lives become connected across different periods of Spanish history. The film won the Best Director prize at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, which the pair shared with Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland.The story moves between 1932, 1937 and 2017, following three men whose experiences are linked through desire, sexuality, pain and inheritance. The trailer moves between these periods as the characters confront questions of identity, forbidden desire and the consequences carried across generations.La Bola Negra draws its title from an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca. Only four pages of Lorca’s work survive, and the film incorporates his legacy alongside material from playwright Alberto Conejero’s La piedra oscura. Calvo and Ambrossi co-wrote the screenplay with Conejero.The cast includes Spanish singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente in his feature acting debut, alongside Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas and Julio Torres. Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close also feature in the ensemble.La Bola Negra premiered at Cannes earlier this year and will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in its Special Presentations section. The film opens in US theatres on October 16, followed by its Netflix release on December 2. Published - September 02, 2026 01:35 pm IST