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La Bola Negra star Guitarricadelafuente on the "surprising" reaction to Oscar contender – and one response in particular that truly moved him

Guitarricadelafuente says the film’s queer story has connected with audiences worldwide and earned a 20-minute standing ovation at Cannes, he said.

Summary by Radio Times
While Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is currently still considered the frontrunner when it comes to next year's best picture trophy at the Oscars, one film that has emerged as a possible challenger is a very different sort of epic.Spanish drama La Bola Negra is directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and inspired by an unfinished play of the same name by Federico García Lorca, with key roles for Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau and …

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The directors of The Black Ball did not propose to finish the work that Federico García Lorca left unfinished when he was executed in the Civil War. Instead, they signed Guitarricadelafuente and Miguel Bernardeau to bring one of the poet’s last pieces to a new generation. The actors converse with Vanity Fair about the film that has made them known to the world.

Directed by the acclaimed Spanish film duo Javier Ambrosi and Javier Calvo, also known as “Los Javis”, the film “La Bola Negra” (The Black Ball) is Spain’s big hope for next year’s Oscars. The film revisits the unfinished homonymous work by Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), based on the

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Radio Times broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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