Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan,’ Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Boarded by Luxbox Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan,’ Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Boarded by Luxbox Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Sales agency Luxbox has come on board Lav Diaz’s historical drama “Magellan,” which stars Gael García Bernal. The film will have its world premiere in Cannes Film Festival’s Premiere section. Diaz’s previous films include “The Woman Who Left,” which won Venice’s Golden Lion in 2016, and “From What Is Before,” which won Locarno’s Golden Leopard […]

Lav Diaz on Cannes-bound ‘Magellan,’ Gael Garcia Bernal, and how he ‘almost died’

Acclaimed Filipino director Lav Diaz shares how Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal, who’s playing the titular role in ‘Magellan,’ kept his presence in the Philippines low-key

Cd. of Mexico.- Gael García Bernal will attend the Cannes Film Festival next month to present Magalhaes, in which he plays the Portuguese explorer Fernando de Magallanes. The film, directed by Filipino filmmaker Lav Díaz, will be released out of competition, announced the organizers of the contest. With a role not yet revealed, Darío Yazbek Bernal, Gael’s half-brother, is also part of the cast of this historical film that will be spoken in Spani…