Festival The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) Kyiv 2025-10-19 18:40:00

"Country: Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
Year: 2025
Running time: 158 min.
Genre: Historical crime thriller
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cast: Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Udo Kier
Language: Portuguese

— Best Director and Best Actor, FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 2025
— Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2025

Brazil, the 1970s — a dangerous time under military dictatorship. Scientist Marcelo suddenly finds himself on the run when a corrupt minister seeks to seize his research. Pursued by hired killers, he heads back to his coastal hometown. Amid the chaos of Carnival, police violence, and a clandestine resistance movement, Marcelo has only one goal: to reunite with his son so they can escape the country together."