‘The Secret Agent' Lands Brazil's Second Best Picture Oscar Nomination

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

The Secret Agent, a gripping and gory film from Brazil, premieres in Israel

An opening title says that the film takes place in Brazil in 1977, during “a time of great mischief,” which turns out to be a ...

'The Secret Agent' earns 4 Oscar nominations, boosting Brazilian cinema

Brazilians celebrated the nomination of “The Secret Agent” film to four Oscar categories on Thursday, which many said ...
Slate

The Dark-Horse Best-Picture Contender I Still Can’t Shake

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. Well hello again, Justin, the ...
Hartford Courant

Oscar contender ‘The Secret Agent’ capitalizes on the rise of Brazilian cinema

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 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Mubi Buys Wagner Moura-Starring ‘The Secret Agent’ for U.K., India, Most of Latin America

The movie from writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho premiered in the Cannes Film Festival competition lineup Sunday and has drawn rave reviews. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The Secret ...
Chicago Tribune

Review: Brazil’s ‘The Secret Agent’ is an intoxicating political thriller

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 ...