“Stunningly mounted, politically rigorous … confronts any viewers hoping for a sweeping biographical romp with a frank post-colonial perspective.”
—Variety

Lav Diaz’s panoramic telling of the conquests of Portuguese circumnavigator and conqueror Ferdinand Magellan stars Gael García Bernal as the title figure in an acclaimed, multifaceted performance. Taking visual inspiration from Renaissance paintings, it is also a visual spectacle.