Wagner Moura is also nominated for best actor; if the movie wins best international film, it will mark the first time in ...

Armando Solimões, the mournful-eyed central character played by Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent, isn’t a government operative, despite the title of the film. He also isn’t undercover, exactly, though ...

Brazilians are celebrating the nomination of “The Secret Agent” for four Oscar categories, highlighting the rise of Brazilian cinema.

NEON has shared the first teaser trailer for The Secret Agent, the upcoming political thriller movie that hails from Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho. Following its world premiere at the 2025 ...

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 ...

The protagonist of “The Secret Agent” isn’t a secret agent; he only lives like one. The reason for his clandestine maneuvering is apparent from the film’s first scene, when he pulls into a gas station ...

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 ...

For a film that — on the surface — is about political dissidents and authoritarianism, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” spends a lot of time at the movies. Which makes sense because this ...