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The Secret Agent

A | Portuguese

Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, events unfold in 1970s Brazil during the military dictatorship. A former professor living in hiding struggles to protect his young son while navigating political persecution, surveillance, and the growing threat of state power.

CrimeThrillerPoliticalPeriod
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Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, events unfold in 1970s Brazil during the military dictatorship. A former professor living in hiding struggles to protect his young son while navigating political persecution, surveillance, and the growing threat of state power.

Cast & Crew

Wagner MouraWagner Moura
Udo KierUdo Kier
Maria Fernanda CândidoMaria Fernanda Cândido
Gabriel LeoneGabriel Leone

Ratings & Reviews

Times of India rating
4.5/5Times of India
Rediff rating
4.0/5Rediff
Times of India
Abhishek Srivastava4.5/5

'The Secret Agent’ comes across as a film that wants you to settle into its world rather than rush through it. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the story is set in Brazil in 1977, during the politic...

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Rediff
Deepa Gahlot4.0/5

Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent begins with a title card that establishes the Brazil 1977 setting as 'a time of great mischief'. The mischief has sinister meaning. That was the time of an opp...

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Trailers & Videos

THE SECRET AGENT - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters November 261:44
THE SECRET AGENT - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters November 26

Posters & Wallpapers

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