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‘The Secret Agent’ Boasts a Superlative Performance from Wagner Moura

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film blends human moments and true tension in a film set in tumultuous 1977 Brazil as a scientist ...
Houston Public MediaOpinion

Let 'The Secret Agent' fill you in on what it's like to live under a dictatorship

A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the ...
Rolling Stone

‘The Secret Agent’ Is Brazil’s Oscar Submission for A Reason

The past is never the past is never the past — especially if you lived in Brazil in 1977, “a period of great mischief.” That’s the scene-setting intertitle that opens The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça ...
The New York Times

‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Carnival in the Face of Carnage

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

‘The Secret Agent’ Team Talks Of Opening In Brazil, How It Triggered Brutal Memories, And Why There’s Hope After A Democratic Backslide And Recovery

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, ...