Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands | 2025 | 161 mins | Subtitled

Cast | Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone

 

Nominated for Best Picture, Best International Feature and Best Actor (for Wagner Moura – Narcos, Civil War) at the upcoming Oscars, Kleber Mendonca Filho’s (Neighbouring Sounds, Aquarius, Bacurau) rich, arresting thriller is the recent winner of Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor at the Golden Globes.

Brazil, 1977: Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in vibrant, violent Recife. A technology researcher who finds himself an unwitting target at the heart of the dictatorship’s political maelstrom, Marcelo is on the run from mercenary killers and the ghosts of his past.

A fascinating, shape-shifting epic, The Secret Agent pays tribute to the cinema of Filho’s youth while depicting a world of everyday corruption, threat and political turmoil that speaks to the current moment.

 

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION FOR THIS FILM:

AUDIO DESCRIPTION - a recorded narration describes visual elements of the film - in gaps in the dialogue - through personal headphones. The film soundtrack is broadcast to cinema speakers in the usual way. The volume of each ear can be altered independently by the user. 

HARD OF HEARING - using our wireless headphones, the film soundtrack is broadcast direct to the user who can control the volume of each ear independently. This is also perfect for anyone sensitive to loud noises.

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