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Magellan
Directed by
Lav Diaz
Not Rated
2026
2h 43m
Biography
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Drama
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6.3
88%
6.3
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Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands in 1519. He quells mutinies, attempts to subjugate indigenous people and ultimately faces death in the Philippines.
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Cast of Magellan
Gael García Bernal
Fernão de Magalhães
Amado Arjay Babon
Enrique de Malacca
Ronnie Lazaro
Rajah Humabon
Ângela Ramos
María Caldera Beatriz Barbosa
Dario Yazbek Bernal
Duarte Barbosa
Tomás Alves
Francisco Serrão
Bong Cabrera
Rajah Kulambo
Hazel Orencio
Reyna Juana
Baptiste Pinteaux
Father Dela Reina
Roger Alan Koza
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Brontis Jodorowsky
Bishop Fonseca
Valdemar Santos
Rui Faleiro
Ivo Arroja
Cristóvão
Rafa Siguion-Reyna
Nuno
Sasa Cabalquinto
Babaylan
Paulo Calatré
Francisco Miranda
Rafael Morais
Joao Carvalho
Max Grosse Majench
Juan de Cartagena
Paolo Dumlao
Mafaye
Yvanne Evangelista
Nafea
Magellan Ratings & Reviews
Washington Post
Michael Andor Brodeur
The scale of the film remains resolutely epic, in part because Diaz is patient and in part because he's insistent on telling this story of conquest and domination on his terms.
InSession Film
Alex Papaioannou
Magellan may think he's the hero at the center of this film, but Magellan consistently reaffirms he's anything but. It's one of the many dichotomies present in the film that make this a deeply compelling watch.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
The sort of film that's easier to respect as an expression of a directorial point of view than respond to as a satisfying historical drama...the static mise-en-scène and turgid pacing can be positively suffocating.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
Diaz seeks to reframe the ancient myths by reminding us of the soul-crushing power of buying into one's own vanity, and takes us all to hell along the way.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
It's a formally inspired piece of work that evokes more admiration than passion, but its vision is commendably uncompromising.
Los Angeles Times
Sergio Burstein
Both true film buffs and admirers of García Bernal should know that this is an absolutely outstanding work, brilliantly filmed and eminently contemplative. [Full review in Spanish]
Awards Radar
Maxance Vincent
The horrors brought upon by Magellan's greedy conquest, in Diaz's film, are vivid and cogently expressed.
Spectrum Culture
Ria Dhull
Magellan is a well-crafted meditation on the insignificance of man and the emptiness of colonial conquest.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
Gael García Bernal fully inhabits the titular conquistador in a performance both present and potent, on a quest that began with optimism but ended in dire straits.
NPR
Bob Mondello
A nine-hour version is in the works that will perhaps tie things together more clearly. For now, though, while the filmmaker almost always keeps the actual carnage offscreen, the less than salutary effects of colonial conquest are ever front and center.
4Columns
Nathan Lee
If depiction does not equal endorsement, neither does restaging atrocity constitute critique. The fussy formalism of Magellan made me want to jump ship.
The New Yorker
Justin Chang
Magellan isn't an action movie; it's a consequence movie. But Diaz, within all this meticulous subtraction, adds dramatic heft and political meaning. In draining any visceral excitement from violence, he subtly decolonizes the camera's gaze.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
'Magellan,' about the titular Portuguese explorer, clocks in at a relatively tidy two hours and 45 minutes, making it practically an ideal starter picture for those curious about Diaz's work
The Spool
Sarah Gorr
Diaz manages an impossible feat instead. He expands the story of Magellan while shrinking the man at the same time.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[T]he movie itself becomes a long and tedious examination of the same idea of this character...
Texas Art & Film
Dustin Chase
No amount of gorgeously framed or lit shot in "Magellan" can make the experience worth your time.
Slant Magazine
Zach Lewis
The film bluntly puts its historical horrors on display, but it's careful not to explicitly posit their causes.
Variety
Guy Lodge
...while "Magellan" reps Diaz's best shot at general arthouse distribution in some time, it's no artistic compromise. The spirit of slow cinema is alive and languid in this stunningly mounted, politically rigorous work...
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
This exquisitely crafted feature may be one of the director's most accessible works to date.
IndieWire
Josh Slater-Williams
Diaz's confrontational film proves one of his most fascinating achievements: a hypnotizing historical and spiritual epic that's immersive in a way that few decades-spanning stories successfully pull off.
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