Magellan
Lav Diaz / PH, ES, PT, FR, 2025 / 163 min.
Gael García Bernal plays Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who landed in Malaysia and subjugated the population by waging a raiding and looting campaign. Filipino master Lav Diaz’s decolonising portrait of coloniser commissioned by the Spanish throne.
1511: Magellan (Garciá Bernal) lands in Malacca, one of the main trading and religious sites in Malaysia. The Portuguese explorer’s journey has been long and hard. The ambitious Magellan has overcome hunger, extreme weather and a mutiny, now the time has come to reap his fortune.
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Director
Lav Diaz
Production year
2025
Country
PH, ES, PT, FR
Original title
Magalhães
Length
163 min.
Language
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Subtitles
ENG or NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Previously Unreleased
Screened at prominent national and international festivals, yet never released in Dutch cinemas. Quite unjustly so, Eye Filmmuseum thinks, and so it has once again brought an exceptional selection of films from international festivals to the Netherlands.
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