The Secret Agent

Film • 2025 • Crime, Drama, Mystery, …

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

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Cast & Crew

Kleber Mendonça FilhoDirector & Writer
Wagner MouraMarcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões
Alice CarvalhoFátima
Gabriel LeoneBobbi
Isabél ZuaaTereza Victória
Maria Fernanda CândidoElza
Udo KierHans
Robson AndradeClóvis
Rubens SantosNatalício
Licínio JanuárioAntônio
Joálisson CunhaFrentista
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Details

Status	Released
Release	July 23, 2025
Origins	Brazil
Genres	Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Tags	1970s archives brazil brazilian politics dictatorship ditadura militar brasileira on the run period drama police political thriller portuguese professor recife secret agent suspense mystery

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Reviews	‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Makes a Stunning Return to Brazilian Cinema in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Masterful Period Political Thriller David Rooney • hollywoodreporter.com Doesn’t put a foot wrong: The Secret Agent reviewed Deborah Ross • spectator.com This Brazilian Oscar contender has the best acting you’ll see in 2026 The Independent • the-independent.com The Secret Agent: Danger hums in nervy Brazilian thriller The Irish Times • irishtimes.com 'The Secret Agent' Is Brazil's Oscar Submission for A Reason David Fear • rollingstone.com “The Secret Agent” Is a Political Thriller Teeming with Life Richard Brody • newyorker.com The Secret Agent review: Wagner Moura shimmers in this Brazilian Oscars contender Nick Howells • standard.co.uk The Secret Agent and the Year in Movies About Resistance Alison Willmore • vulture.com The Secret Agent Review - HeyUGuys Linda Marric • heyuguys.com Political thriller reminds us why memory is so important The Nightly • thenightly.com.au

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Reviews

‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Makes a Stunning Return to Brazilian Cinema in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Masterful Period Political Thriller David Rooney • hollywoodreporter.com
Doesn’t put a foot wrong: The Secret Agent reviewed Deborah Ross • spectator.com
This Brazilian Oscar contender has the best acting you’ll see in 2026 The Independent • the-independent.com
The Secret Agent: Danger hums in nervy Brazilian thriller The Irish Times • irishtimes.com
'The Secret Agent' Is Brazil's Oscar Submission for A Reason David Fear • rollingstone.com
“The Secret Agent” Is a Political Thriller Teeming with Life Richard Brody • newyorker.com
The Secret Agent review: Wagner Moura shimmers in this Brazilian Oscars contender Nick Howells • standard.co.uk
The Secret Agent and the Year in Movies About Resistance Alison Willmore • vulture.com
The Secret Agent Review - HeyUGuys Linda Marric • heyuguys.com
Political thriller reminds us why memory is so important The Nightly • thenightly.com.au