Magellan
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A portrayal of Ferdinand Magellan and Beatriz Barbosa's 1517 marriage in Seville, focusing on their brief time together before his departure on the Spanish crown's expedition.
Cast
- Gael García Bernal
- Ângela Azevedo
- Amado Arjay Babon
- Hazel Orencio
- Ronnie Lazaro
- Tomás Alves
- Bong Cabrera
- Rafael Morais
- Roger Alan Koza
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- Sep 14, 2025
When Magellan was released in the Philippines, Lav Diaz was criticized by some Filipinos for historical revisionism and for supporting pro-colonial ideas. The backlash was especially pronounced against the narrative choice to reduce the country’s first anti-colonial hero to…
HaruDec 2, 2025so exhausting to travel
David SimsSep 7, 2025Saw this again last night, and I moderated a talkback with Lav, Arjay Babon, and Bong Cabrera. My favorite thing I learned is that the production lost a sound machine in one of the storm scenes, the device washing away in the ocean. And while the crew scrambled to try and…
Philbert Dy - Sep 26, 2025
Claims of Lav Diaz’s inaccessibility is almost entirely in regards to the gargantuan lengths of his films - they’re actually deeply intricate classical narratives that are remarkably easy to follow. So it’s ironic of course that Magellan is the most “accessible” (so to…
Neil BahadurMar 19, 202680 One Tableau After Another. Depicts colonialism as the process that it is: desolate, oppressive, and embarrassing.
SilentDawnSep 15, 2025this is a series of moving paintings. some might say it’s too slow, but i didn’t mind at all. it actually gives you the space to sit with each moment Lav Diaz wants you to experience. Pigafetta is present, but what struck me is how minimal his role feels. that restraint…
e - Sep 10, 2025
There’s this incessant relentlessness that came with colonialism that Diaz’s Magellan cleverly explored in the voyage of his film’s titular character: wind-lashed seas that stretch beyond what the eye could see; the constant threats of mutiny that tested both faith and…
allain♡May 19, 2025Predictably this is was rough sit. Die hard slow cinema fans only. That cinematography is often gorgeous, with towering and rich 4:3 compositions. This is basically what prevented me from walking out, just trying to soak in the painterly images. I don’t feel this was the…
Brother BroSep 4, 2025Where possible, I always try to make room in my TIFF schedule for an endurance test film that I likely won't get the chance to see in a theater again, and so slow cinema legend Lav Diaz at 8:30am Day 1 made a lot of sense even if by all accounts this is (by his standards)…
Josh Lewis
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- Gael García Bernal as Fernão de Magalhães
- Ângela Azevedo as Beatriz Barbosa de Magalhães
- Amado Arjay Babon as Enrique
- Hazel Orencio as Reyna Juana
- Ronnie Lazaro as Raja Humabon
- Tomás Alves as Francisco Serrão
- Bong Cabrera as Raja Kulambo
- Rafael Morais as João Carvalho
- Roger Alan Koza as D. Afonso de Albuquerque