Magallanes

Running time: 110 mins

For some, the past is a pleasant place. For Magallenes, it is full of nightmares, very much alive...and very dangerous. Lima, Peru. The present. Magallanes is a cab driver haunted by a past filled with ghosts and guilt. One day a woman enters his cab, simultaneously reopening old wounds and offering him a chance at redemption. His past is Peru's past. Perhaps his redemption can be part of hers as well. Somewhat a companion piece to Peru's Guard Dog (Cinequest, 2015) with an impeccable cast of Latin American actors led by Mexico's Damian Alcázar—a sort of Mexican Warren Oates—and Peru's Magaly Solier (Madeinamerica, Altiplano), Magallanes is a quiet thriller, simultaneously edge of the seat exciting and profoundly relevant. - Charlie Cockey