Janus Films has premiered the official trailer for Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s new film “Magellan” which premiered at Cannes.
At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan 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 the 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, Magellan presents the colonisation of the Philippines as a primal, shocking encounter with the unknown and a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery and exploration.
The cast includes Gael García Bernal as Magellan, Ângela Azevedo as Beatriz, Ronnie Lazaro as Rajah Humabon, Hazel Orencio as Juana, Amado Arjay Babon as Enrique de Malaca, Tomás Alves as Francisco Serrão, Bong Cabrera as Rajah Colambu, and Dario Yazbek Bernal as Duarte Barbosa.
Diaz (“Norte”) directs and writes the film, which will open in cinemas in New York and Los Angeles on January 9th. The film currently has a 76 on Metacritic and 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
