LA BOLA NEGRA
8.1
“Love leaves a legacy.”
The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.
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Sebastián
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Rafael
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Álvaro Lafuente Calvo
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Camilo Joaquín Villarruel
Carlos
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Carlos González
Alberto
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Penélope Cruz
Nené Romero
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Isabelle Durand
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Julio Torres
Juan Pablo
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Lorenzo Zurzolo
Riccardo
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María Morales
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Javier Ambrossi Director · Javier Calvo Director Alberto Conejero Screenplay
Worldwide gross $40M · Budget $11M · United States release October 16, 2026
Box office
Budget
$11,100,000
Worldwide gross
$39,537,039
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
Movistar Plus
Production
Le Pacte
Production
El Deseo
Production
Telefónica Audiovisual Digital
Production
Los Esquiadores
Production
Movistar+
Production
Suma Content
Production
Spain · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 21, 2026
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Spain · September 25, 2026
Theatrical
United States · October 16, 2026
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California / New York City, New York
United States · December 2, 2026
Digital · Netflix
United States
September 5, 2026 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
September 17, 2026 · Premiere · Reeling - The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
October 4, 2026 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival / CineFest Latino Boston Film Festival / Out On Film: Atlanta's LGBTQ+ Film Festival
October 7, 2026 · Premiere · MSP Cine Latino Film Festival / Bend Film Festival
October 10, 2026 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 14, 2026 · Premiere · Orcas Island Film Festival
October 15, 2026 · Premiere · NewFest / San Diego International Film Festival / OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · Santa Fe International Film Festival / Middleburg Film Festival
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Heartland Film Festival / Montclair Film Festival / Philadelphia Film Festival
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Newport Beach Film Festival
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Twin Cities Film Festival
October 24, 2026 · Premiere · Virginia Film Festival / Refocus Film Festival / SCAD Savannah Film Festival / New Orleans Film Festival
October 26, 2026 · Premiere · Denver Film Festival
October 30, 2026 · Premiere · Hawai'i International Film Festival
October 30, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Limited expansion
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Miami Film Festival GEMS
November 2, 2026 · Premiere · Centre Film Festival
November 6, 2026 · Theatrical
Argentina
November 9, 2026 · Premiere · Mar del Plata International Film Festival
January 21, 2027 · Theatrical
Australia
June 12, 2026 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
August 8, 2026 · Premiere · New Farm Queer Film Festival
August 9, 2026 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
September 5, 2026 · Premiere · Queer Screen Film Fest
September 20, 2026 · Premiere · Darwin International Film Festival
October 15, 2026 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 12, 2026 · Premiere · Film Fest Gent
October 29, 2026 · Premiere · Pink Screens Festival
December 23, 2026 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 1, 2026 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
January 21, 2027 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
October 19, 2026 · Premiere · Cinelibri Film-Literature Festival
Canada
September 15, 2026 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
October 9, 2026 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
October 11, 2026 · Premiere · Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
October 23, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Toronto, Ontario
October 30, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Vancouver, British Columbia / Montreal, Quebec
November 6, 2026 · Premiere · Windsor International Film Festival
November 6, 2026 · Theatrical
December 2, 2026 · Digital · Netflix
Chile
November 28, 2026 · Premiere · Viña del Mar International Film Festival
January 21, 2027 · Theatrical
Colombia
January 14, 2027 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Finland
September 17, 2026 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
November 20, 2026 · Theatrical
France
June 25, 2026 · Premiere · Biarritz Film Festival - Nouvelles Vagues
September 23, 2026 · Premiere · De l'Écrit à l'Écran Festival
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Ciné32 Indépendance(s) et Création / Cinespaña Festival
October 10, 2026 · Premiere · War on Screen International Film Festival
October 13, 2026 · Premiere · Grand Lyon Film Festival
October 22, 2026 · Premiere · Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival
November 2, 2026 · Premiere · Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival
November 4, 2026 · Premiere · Festival du Film de Sarlat
November 11, 2026 · Premiere · Arras Film Festival
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Écran Total
November 19, 2026 · Premiere · Festival International du Film d'Histoire de Pessac
November 24, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Chéries Chéris
December 16, 2026 · Theatrical
Germany
September 27, 2026 · Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
October 30, 2026 · Premiere · Film Festival Cologne
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
November 19, 2026 · Theatrical
Greece
November 6, 2026 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
October 19, 2026 · Premiere · bc30
November 5, 2026 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 30, 2026 · Premiere · Budapest International Film Festival
Indonesia
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
Ireland
November 6, 2026 · Theatrical
Israel
July 10, 2026 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
September 27, 2026 · Premiere · Haifa Film Festival
Italy
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Rome Film Festival
January 14, 2027 · Theatrical
Japan
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
Lithuania
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Lokys, liūtas ir šakelė
Mexico
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Morelia International Film Festival
Netherlands
October 8, 2026 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
October 13, 2026 · Premiere · KINO Super Sneak Preview
January 7, 2027 · Theatrical
New Zealand
August 1, 2026 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
October 15, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Norway
February 5, 2027 · Theatrical
Poland
July 25, 2026 · Premiere · TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival
August 7, 2026 · Premiere · BNP Paribas Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
October 13, 2026 · Premiere · All About Freedom Festival
November 12, 2026 · Premiere · ToruńCAMERIMAGE
Romania
October 28, 2026 · Premiere · Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
Serbia
November 21, 2026 · Premiere · Belgrade Auteur Film Festival
December 10, 2026 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 25, 2026 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
South Korea
October 10, 2026 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
November 5, 2026 · Premiere · Seoul International Pride Film Festival
Spain
September 19, 2026 · Premiere · San Sebastian International Film Festival
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · International Social Film Festival of Catalonia
November 10, 2026 · Premiere · Sevilla European Film Festival
Switzerland
September 24, 2026 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Geneva International Film Festival
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · Queersicht LGBTIAQ+ Filmfestival
Taiwan
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival
November 20, 2026 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 25, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
October 12, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok
October 15, 2026 · Theatrical
Ukraine
September 25, 2026 · Premiere · Spanish Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 8, 2026 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 26, 2026 · Premiere · Cambridge Film Festival
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival / Cheltenham Film Festival
November 6, 2026 · Theatrical
November 11, 2026 · Premiere · French Film Festival UK
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · Cornwall Film Festival
Uruguay
January 7, 2027 · Theatrical
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