Magellan

With Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan, renowned director Lav Diaz examines the life of the Portuguese explorer from a strong political perspective. Magellan's years-long journey through unknown waters is marred by distrust, mutiny, and madness.

Magellan is the new film from Filipino master director Lav Diaz (Norte, the End of History; The Woman Who Left). For his latest film, Diaz has cast a well-known actor for the lead role for the first time, Gael García Bernal (Neruda, The Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu Mamá Tambíen). Diaz allows him to portray both the human and inhumane sides of Magellan, thereby crumbling the – still revered in Spain – myth of the strict but just colonizer. The stunning cinematography is by Arthur Tort, the regular cameraman of Albert Serra.

About Previously Unreleased
All summer long, we are screening a new film every week in collaboration with Eye Filmmuseum that has been shown at prominent festivals both domestically and internationally, but has not yet reached Dutch cinemas. Eye believes this is unjust, as they are once again bringing a special selection of films from international festivals to the Netherlands this year.