The Secret Agent
CrimeDramaThriller
7.401/10
|BR
|pt
|161 min
Release Date: 2025-07-23
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Lemming FilmOne Two FilmsCinemaScópioARTE France CinémaMK ProductionsPrimo Content
User Reviews
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Brent Marchant
4/10
The key to making a successful political thriller is to maintain a taught sense of mesmerizing, edge-of-the-seat intrigue. Unfortunately, that’s precisely the element that’s missing in this overlong, annoyingly convoluted tale set in 1977 Brazil during the waning days of its military dictatorship. The story follows the life of Armando (Wagner Moura), a former university researcher targeted for man...
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Chandler Danier
8/10
This film looks great. Brazil is such a cool place. I want to go live in this time...but as a rich white guy visiting who doesn't have to deal with the apparent horrors. Perhaps we could do a The Secret Agent 2 starring me. I'd probably have to duck while using the phone booth. I crouch well. Fun story. Interesting characters. Great! I bet this will get a Hollywood redux in a few years.
