Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.
Winner of the awards for best director, best actor, to Wagner Moura, and the critics’ prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
O Agente Secreto
2025
158 min.
Fiction
Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany, international film festivals, awarded films, authoritarianism, cinema, dictatorship, memory, violence, parenthood
Colorido
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Evgenia Alexandrova
Eduardo Serrano, Matheus Farias
Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco, Alice Carvalho, Tânia Maria, Robério Diógenes, Hermila Guedes, Igor de Araújo, Ítalo Martins, Laura Lufési, Udo Kier
Emilie Lesclaux
Cinemascópio
Tomaz Alves Souza, Mateus Alves
MK2 Films
Vitrine Filmes
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