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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.
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Javier Ambrossi

Director

Javier Calvo

Director

Guitarricadelafuente

Sebastián

Miguel Bernardeau

Rafael

Penélope Cruz

Nené

Glenn Close

Isabelle

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 2 days ago
2/4
There’s something audacious about how the filmmakers reclaim Lorca’s legacy, which makes it all the more disappointing that the borders between the three timelines aren’t more porous. Go to Full Review Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express 4 days ago
La Bola Negra has tremendous ambition and audacity. Anchored in Garcia’s La Bola Negra and Alberto Conejero’s play La piedra oscura, Los Javis, along with Conejero, create a sprawling epic. Go to Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star Oct 3, 2026
At times the film can be unruly and overripe, but Calvo and Ambrossi bring a rich, theatrical sweep to their reclamation of a queer Spanish history long forced into silence. Go to Full Review Amelia Harvey Nerdspin 14 hrs ago
A+
La Bola Negra is an emotional tribute to lives lost in an era of history Spain is just trying to ignore, and it’s an homage to all the LGBTQ+ voices gone too soon. It’s also a call to arms for people around the world still live in fascist states. Go to Full Review Christos Tsiolkas The Saturday Paper 1 day ago
The cast is uniformly terrific: every cast member eschews excess to convey the complex dance between terror, subversion and defiance that defined queer love and desire for so much of the 20th century. Go to Full Review Flynn Shan Benson FILMINK (Australia) 4 days ago
13/20
… the film’s audacity and showmanship give way to a self-satisfied earnestness about the power of art to change the world, and for historic wrongs to be righted with poetry. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Movistar Plus+, Suma Content Films, El Deseo, Le Pacte
Rating
R (Violence/Bloody Images|Graphic Nudity|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Drama, Music
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 16, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2026
Runtime
2h 37m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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