'La Bola Negra' Gets Netflix's Longest Theatrical Run — SkimNews
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- Los Javis (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) premiered their nearly three-hour queer epic "La Bola Negra" at this spring's Cannes Film Festival, where it was among the buzziest main-competition entries and won them the Best Director prize.
- Netflix won a bidding war for U.S. rights to the film and released its first teaser on September 1.
- "La Bola Negra" draws on an unfinished Federico García Lorca play of the same name and weaves three interconnected stories of gay men across 1932, 1937, and 2017 Spain.
- Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close, and Julio Torres join leads Milo Quife, Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, and Carlos González in a cast scored by Raül Refree.
- The film opens in theaters October 16 and hits Netflix December 2, with the 47-day gap marking the streamer's longest theatrical window for any release to date.
Why it matters: Netflix is giving "La Bola Negra" its longest theatrical window ever — 47 days — a notable departure from its typical same-day-release model. For Los Javis, whose only prior film was 2017's "Holy Camp!," the extended run offers theatrical visibility the duo has never had on the service's biggest push.
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