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CIFF 2026: Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors, A Bit of Light and Love is the Monster

RogerEbert.com·Oct 26, 2026 · 8:00 AM CT
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RogerEbert.com reviews four Chicago International Film Festival titles, led by Lav Diaz's Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors, a spiritual follow-up to Magellan. It is set in the Philippines in 1617, where a Spanish priest forces enslaved men to haul marble through bandit country while he jails a beloved local healer.

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