"On a humid morning in Macau, a blue-and-orange phoenix embellished with more than 60,000 flowers is hatching from an enormous pink Faberge egg in the lobby of the Wynn Palace hotel. The haughty bird basks in the attention of onlookers as it rotates on a diamond-encrusted perch to the triumphant sound of clarions, before returning to its shell. Chancing upon this spectacle, you think to yourself, How lucky that I was passing at that precise moment!"
"It is summer 2024, and Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton are guests here while shooting Ballad of a Small Player, directed by Edward Berger (Conclave) and based on Lawrence Osborne's clammy 2014 novel about ghosts, guilt and gambling. Farrell plays Brendan Reilly, an Irish thief who affects an English accent, goes by the name Lord Doyle and hides out at the Wynn Palace, where he clings to a precarious life of enervated luxury."
A blue-and-orange phoenix made from more than 60,000 flowers hatches from a pink Fabergé egg in the Wynn Palace lobby on a fifteen-minute cycle. Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton are staying at the hotel while filming Ballad of a Small Player, directed by Edward Berger and adapted from Lawrence Osborne's 2014 novel about ghosts, guilt and gambling. Farrell portrays Brendan Reilly, an Irish thief hiding as Lord Doyle who squanders a stolen fortune on baccarat. Swinton plays an investigator with shifting identities hired to retrieve the loot. The Wynn Palace offers extreme high-roller luxury, including private villa amenities and persistent spectacle.
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