“Ballad of a Small Player” is a new UK-produced ‘psychological thriller’ , directed by Edward Berger, based on the 2014 novel by Lawrence Osborne, starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton, streaming October 29, 2025 on Netflix:
“…’Lord Doyle’ is laying low in Macau – spending his days and nights on the casino floors, drinking heavily and gambling what little money he has left.
‘Struggling to keep up with his fast-rising debts, he is offered a lifeline by the mysterious ‘Dao Ming’, a casino employee with secrets of her own.
“However, in hot pursuit is ‘Cynthia Blithe’ – a private investigator ready to confront Doyle with what he is running from.
Now as Doyle tries to climb to salvation, the confines of reality start to close in…”
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