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- movies@piefed.social
Original title (PT): Magalhães (Magellan)
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against the power of the King of Portugal, who doesn’t support his dream of discovering the world, and persuades the Spanish monarchy to fund his bold expedition to the fabled lands of the East.
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Could be interesting. Hard to tell exactly what it’s take on colonialism is. The youtube comments make its sound promising.
Oh yeah I saw a writeup of that movie in Foreign Policy of all places:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/14/chile-no-movie-review-dictatorship-election/ (select “reader view”)
Pablo Larraín, who did “No”, sounds like an interesting director. I wish he hadn’t made a composite character tho, the truth sounds just as interesting.
