PROJECTION SPÉCIALE / SPECIAL SCREENING: MAGELLAN
Genre
Biopic, Drama
Language
VOSTA
Duration
163
Rating
Synopsis
2ND MONTREAL CRITICS’ WEEK
Special screenings with director Lav Diaz in attendance.
At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Gael García Bernal) navigated a fleet of ships to Southeast Asia, attempting the first voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean. On reaching the Malay Archipelago, the crew pushed to the brink of madness in the harshness of the high seas and overwhelming natural beauty of the islands, Magellan's obsession leads to a rebellion and reckoning with the consequences of power. A vast, globe-spanning epic from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY), MAGELLAN presents the colonization of the Philippines as a primal, shocking encounter with the unknown and a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery and exploration.
Release year
2025
Directed by
Lav Diaz
Country
Portugal, Philippines, Spain
Actors
Gael García Bernal, Roger Alan Koza, Dario Yazbek Bernal