For the second year in a row, a film with Latin American themes has triumphed at the Critics Choice Awards, confirming a ...

If you've spent any time in a dictatorship — I've had that happy experience — you understand why your high school teachers were always praising democracy. You quickly learn that authoritarian states ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...

Once thought a shoo-in for international feature submission, ’The Secret Agent’ faced a vigorous campaign for ‘Manas’ backed by Sean Penn and a mass of Brazilian companies and institutions Coming off ...

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Wagner Moura takes cover in this knockout from the filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho that is largely set in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for ...

American audiences can get a taste of Brazilian history this holiday weekend with the upcoming U.S. release of The Secret Agent, a new historical political thriller that will be Brazil entry into the ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — “The Secret Agent,” a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of ...

Read up on the latest The Secret Agent 2025 News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 'The Secret Agent' is strange, exciting, and captivating in equal measure.

From left: Gabriel Leone, filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido and Alice Carvalho at 'The Secret Agent' photocall Monday in Cannes Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the plot of the movie The Secret Agent. The Secret Agent, Brazil’s official selection for the International Feature Film race at next year’s Oscars, ...