Magalhães (2025)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 165 minuten
Alternative title: Magellan
Country:
Philippines / Spain / Portugal / France
Directed by: Lav Diaz
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Ângela Ramos and Dario Yazbek Bernal
IMDb score:
6,3 (2.087)
Releasedate: 10 September 2025
Magalhães plot
In the sixteenth century, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan is married to Beatriz Barbosa. The ambitious man wants to pursue his dream of discovering the world, which meets with resistance from the king. However, he manages to convince the Spanish monarchy to provide financing. Just before he leaves on a journey to the east, he spends his time with his wife.
Actors and actresses
Fernão de Magalhães
María Caldera Beatriz Barbosa
Rajah Humabon
Enrique de Malacca
Duarte Barbosa
Reyna Juana
Bishop Fonseca
Father Dela Reina
Rajah Kulambo
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Reviews & comments
Mr_Marty
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- 280 messages
- 233 votes
A bit of a mix of Pacifiction, in terms of visual style, also due to the same cinematographer (Artur Tort), and Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes, the content of an insane expedition into the unknown, but not as good as those two.
Director Lev Diaz is very focused on those beautiful slow cinema images, but in my opinion, he does little of interest with the story of Fernão de Magalhães (Gael García Bernal). A traditional explorer film with the necessary action, even with a modern anti-colonial slant, was never within Diaz's reach with his approach, but he also does not dare to make the full journey into the heart of darkness like Herzog and Serra did in the aforementioned films. Or Winding Refn with Valhalla Rising. What you get now is a fairly traditional story told in a somewhat more artistic way. But very beautiful nonetheless.
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