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Magellan

2025 · Drama · Lav Diaz · 2h 36m

After years in the Portuguese campaigns in Southeast Asia, Ferdinand Magellan takes his plan for a westward route to Spain and sails in 1519, with a Cebuano man he bought as a slave beside him. It is a long historical epic.

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  • Clearly slow

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