It’s 1977, a “time of great mischief” in Brazil, and in the opening minutes of Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s “The Secret Agent,” ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Don’t run from your past. Revolutionize it! Taking place in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship, The Secret Agent follows Armando Solimoes (Wagner Moura), a technology ...

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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 ...

You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho begins his film with the note that it ...

This Oscar-nominated thriller is now streaming on Netflix.

Catching up on all of the Best Picture movies nominated for the 2026 Oscars just got a little easier, because the Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent, is now available to buy and rent ...

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 ...

Neon on Thursday unveiled the official trailer for writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s buzzy period political thriller The Secret Agent, which won the Best Director prize for Filho, Best Actor for ...