‘La Bola Negra’ Creatives Faced a Ticking Clock to Finish the Film for Cannes, But Waiting for Snow Almost Kept the Ending From Being Shot

Nov 12, 2026 2:17pm PT ‘La Bola Negra’ Creatives Faced a Ticking Clock to Finish the Film for Cannes, But Waiting for Snow Almost Kept the Ending From Being Shot

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“La Bola Negra” editor Alberto Gutiérrez knew he was up against time — the plan was that they wanted to take the film to the Cannes Film Festival, and the deadline was March.

Filming began in November, and Gutiérrez was editing the movie. But there was one problem. The film didn’t have its ending, and it was a pivotal scene.

Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (known as Los Javis), the film, now playing in theaters, is based on an unfinished play of the same name written by Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca in 1936. Tragically, Lorca never got the chance to finish the play. He was shot dead by nationalist forces after being imprisoned at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

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