Underplayed Gems

Magallanes (2015)

Magallanes poster
Directed by
Salvador del Solar
Genre
drama film
Country
Peru
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
16
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former taxi driver in Lima named Magallanes carries a dark secret from Peru's internal conflict years. He is forced to confront his past when a woman from that time reappears in his life.

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What happens

Magallanes is a 2014 Peruvian drama film written and directed by Salvador del Solar. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2016 it won the Havana Star Prize for Best Film (Fiction) at the Havana Film Festival New York. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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