‘La Bola Negra’ trailer: Los Javis’ Cannes-winning queer epic stars Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close
The trailer for the Cannes-winning film 'La Bola Negra' has been released, featuring an ensemble cast including Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close. Directed by Los Javis, the drama explores themes of identity and desire across three different periods of Spanish history.
Why it matters
The film represents a significant international collaboration and highlights the growing global reach of Spanish cinema and queer-themed narratives.
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.
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