He too recognizes me; there are only a handful of gwailo players in the whole city. The wind, he says kindly, is blowing the wrong way tonight. Bail out? But, I think, the bitch is making money.

San Sebastian has added nine titles to its official selection, including new features by Edward Berger and Claire Denis. Berger will screen Ballad of a Small Player, a UK production starring Colin Farrell as a high-stakes gambler in Macao whose past and debts start to catch up with him.