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The Secret Agent

Original title: O Agente Secreto · Turkish title: Gizli Ajan

“Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.”

2025 · 2 h 41 min
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
CrimeDramaMystery

Cast

Wagner Moura Tânia Maria Maria Fernanda Cândido Gabriel Leone Udo Kier

Credits

Written by: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Plot

A thriller set in 1970s Brazil; best director at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Kleber Mendonça Filho's 1970s Brazilian thriller mixes paranoia, music and dark humour. Wagner Moura is outstanding, and the film's lively, strange portrait of a society under pressure is rich in detail.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (64,176 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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