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The Secret Agent

2025 161 min Thriller, Drama, Crime

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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IMDb 7.2 Metacritic 91

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4 nominations

  • 2025 Actor in a Leading Role Wagner Moura
  • 2025 Best Picture Emilie Lesclaux
  • 2025 Casting Gabriel Domingues
  • 2025 International Feature Film Brazil

budget $5,000,000 earnings $18,988,224 return 3.8x

director Kleber Mendonça Filho

writer Kleber Mendonça Filho

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Official Trailer [Subtitled] trailer
Communist. Anarchist. Legend. featurette
Dive into Kleber Mendonça Filho's dizzying world of commotion & secrets. [Subtitled] teaser
In Conversation With Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura featurette
High-stakes. [Subtitled] teaser
★★★★★ across the board. [Subtitled] teaser
THE SECRET AGENT — Kleber Mendonça Filho & Wagner Moura on memory and manguebeat | MUBI Podcast featurette
Wagner Moura enters a cat-and-mouse hunt in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT. [Subtitled] teaser
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura introduce their gripping thriller THE SECRET AGENT. featurette
Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonça Filho Break Down The Secret Agent and The Hairy Leg featurette
Wagner Moura & Amelia Dimoldenberg talk Sharks, Futebol, and Carnival | Oscars Pre-Luncheon Luncheon featurette
A Thank You Message from THE SECRET AGENT [Subtitled] teaser
Wagner Moura delivers a tour-de-force Oscar-nominated performance in THE SECRET AGENT. [Subtitled] teaser
Official Clip [Subtitled] clip
★★★★★ "This is one of the year’s best films, and one of the most distinctive"- RogerEbert.com teaser
Membership Moments with Kia | The Secret Agent Preview featurette
The party of the year. teaser
Interview with Kleber Mendonça Filho & Wagner Moura featurette
Kleber Mendonça Filho on the Films That Inspired The Secret Agent featurette
Inside Brazil’s New Political Thriller ‘The Secret Agent’ featurette
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux on The Secret Agent featurette
Wagner Moura on the themes of resistance in The Secret Agent. featurette
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, and Emilie Lesclaux on The Secret Agent featurette
Official Teaser Trailer [Subtitled] teaser
Cannes 2025: Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent featurette
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